ENS 438 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Breakup, Sensation Seeking, Personalization
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Lecture 23 - psychology of sports injury & illness. 4x more likely to develop heart disease. Fields et al. (1990) - injury increased in type a runners. Meyer (1995) - p&d have more injuries. Sport-stress and injury related only for those individuals low in sensation seeking. Major or periodic life changes (e. g. relationship breakup) Daily negative interactions with the environment (e. g. losing a wallet) Conclusion: daily hassles are more strongly related to injury and illness than life stress. Replicated the football injury study with college players. Football players with more negative events were more likely to be injured. Personality traits have been shown to be related to athletic injury. Type a, perfectionists, hardy personality, high sen. seek. However, very little data is available to draw definitive conclusions. Life stress is related to athletic injury. Daily hassles are related to athletic injury. Help athletes change the way they interpret (appraise) stressful situations.