Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture 2: Kinesiology 1070A - Lecture 2

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1070A/B
• Professor: Rollo

Document Summary

I(cid:374)jur(cid:455) is al(cid:373)ost i(cid:374)e(cid:448)ita(cid:271)le to o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur throughout the ti(cid:373)e of a(cid:374) athlete"s life. Injury prevention: how psychological factors can be targeted to help reduce injury occurrence and amount of time lost to injury. Injury recovery: the psychological consequences of injury. Study: conjunctive moderator variables in vulnerability and resiliency research: life stress, Social support and coping skills, and adolescent sport injuries (smith et al. The questions assessed measures of recent life events, levels of social support, and self-perceived adequacy of psychological coping skills. Injury data was then collected over the course of the season. They looked at time lost from injury divided by the total number of days in a season to get a percentage. : findings, there was a relationship between negative life events (stress) and time lost (combined moderators). Those with low social support and negative life events had more time lost.