Rehabilitation Psychology Flashcards
What are the moderator variables of the Williams and Anderson model and what are some examples?
moderator variables affects the intensity of the stress response
- history of stressors: experience with previous injury, fear of another injury
- coping resources: amount of social support received ability to cope with stressors
(Williams and Anderson model) what happens when an athlete encounters a potentially stressful situation?
the athlete gives a stress response when demands of a situation exceed the coping resources leading to a stress response
(ex, physiological affects like increase blood pressure, more sweat or muscle tension)
(ex 2, attention is narrowed or unfocused)
how do the affects from the stress response affect athletes?
these physiological affects and attentional demands increase vulnerability of injury
do all individuals demonstrate a stress response?
no, some individuals might not show any stress response even in a stressful situation depending on moderating factors
moderator variable
is a quantitative variable that affects the nature, direction or the strength of a relation between an independent or predictor variable (life stress) and dependent variable (this case injury)
life stress, coping skills, social support vs time loss (smith)
- measured the life stress, social support and coping skills at the start of the high school sport season.
- then recorded injury data collected over the season and time loss due to injury.
- research assistants were trained to record injury and the amount of exposure the athletes had in the season
- athletes with low-low (social support and coping skills) had a 22% more risk of being injured
how can we reduce the stress response?
1) alteration of cognitive appraisal of potentially stressful situations
2) modifying the physiological and attentional aspects of the stress response
- > interventions can also be used to directly influence the moderator variables (coping resources and personality factors)
design of stress intervention vs injury occurrence? (Gerr and Koss)
- 2 arm randomized trial (randomly get selected for no treatment arm or treatment arm)
time period of the study:
- time 1 - pre-season and pre-intervention measures (athletic stress)
- time 2 - four months after time 1 (mid-season)
- time 3 - four months after time 2 (peak season, national championships)
dependent variable: injury occurrence
what was stress intervention vs injury occurrence study? (Gerr and Koss)
- > the experimental group (stress management program) decreased in negative stress as the season progressed
- > the control group (no treatment) increased in stress as the season progressed
- > the incidence of injury can be reduced in athletes (gymnasts) when negative athletic stress is reduced
what information did Tranaeus reveal from the meta-analysis?
- looked at injury vs intervention relationships in 7 studies
- most of the articles favored the intervention
- the total Hedges’ g effect was 0.82
- the result indicates that psychological injury prevention interventions have a large effect on reducing injury
- diamond = the average of all the studies
- 0.8 or higher Hedges’ g effect is a large effect
findings of intervention and knee strength, pain, re-injury anxiety?
by cupal and brewer
knee strength - treatment group greater strength than control and treatment
re-injury anxiety - treatment group less anxiety in re-injury
pain - treatment group lesser pain
- > knee strength was correlated with both re-injury anxiety (r = -.53, p > .003) and pain reduction (r = -.46, p < .01)
- psychological-based interventions can enhance functional and related cognitive outcomes during rehabilitation
why does guided imagery work? (cupal and brewer)
- our bodies do not discern whether an image is real or imagined
psychological mechanisms - personal control, motivation
physiological - reduced stress -> better immume-inflammatory response
-> promotes tissue regeneration and repair
Bandura’s model
modeled act -> attention -> retention -> production -> motivation -> response
- emphasizes the importance of observing, modelling, and imitating the behaviors, attitudes, and emotional reactions of others
what are some examples of outcome measures in modeling rehab psychology?
performance - adherence, errors, outcome, form
cognitive and affective psychological responses - anxiety, mood, self-efficacy, RPE
Research and applications of modeling in rehab psychology
types of modeling interventions
- mastery vs coping model
- imagery vs modeling as a vicarious experience (experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person)
- self-modeling
mastery models
- demonstrate errorless performance
- verbalize confidence
- demonstrate positive attitude
- verbalize low task difficulty
coping models
- display decreasing distress as they struggle with difficulties or threats
- demonstrate strategies for dealing with different situations
- voice progressively self-efficacious beliefs
- approach or achieve mastery
how modeling is used in medical settings
- preparing patients for non-surgical procedures
- preparing patients for surgical procedures
- using video for patient education and skill development
what is a problem with individuals in “medical” settings
many individuals are prone to exhibit high anxiety
“white coat phenomenon”
ex) increase in b