EDKP 498 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Montreal General Hospital, Head Injury, Goal Setting

• School: McGill University
• Department: Kinesiology&Physical Education
• Course: EDKP 498
• Professor: Gordon Bloom

Document Summary

Psychological factors in athletic injuries 10/13/2012 9:37:00 am. Accidental injuries are leading cause of death for people <19yrs. >40% of brain injuries in children ages 10-19 are results from sports/recreational activities. People / high levels of stress have more sport-related injuries. Physical factors = primary cause of athletic injuries. Factors are contributing: impact occurrence, rehabilitation, future re-injury. Andersen & williams ("88) model of stress and athletic injuries. Potentially stressful situation perception of threat stress response (inc. state anxiety) attention/distraction (muscle tension) injury. Personality factors, history of stressors, coping resources, psychological skill intervention all play an equal role in these steps. Some athletes more susceptible to injury than others: programs should be designed with this in mind. Psychological factors can lead to a greater change of athletic injuries: teammates may also experience emotional responses to injuries of others on the team. Not successfully measure/indentified: personality may be a moderator for injury not a cause.