The Psychology of Sports Injury: From Risk to Retirement

ISBN-13: 9780367028695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 220 str.

Adam Gledhill; Dale Forsdyke

Opis

The Psychology of Sports Injury: From Risk to Retirement provides a critical overview of the psychology of sports injury, covering the 5Rs of sports injury: risk, response, rehabilitation, return to sport, and retirement.

Spis treści

Part 1. The role of psychology in sports injury risk and injury risk reduction 1. The injury prone athlete: Psychosocial risk factors in sports injury 2. Prevention is better than cure: The role of psychological interventions in sports injury risk reduction Part 2. Psychological responses to sports injury 3. Personal and situational factors affecting psychological response to sport injuries 4. The downside of sports injury: poor mental health in injured athletes 5. The upside of sports injury and disability: Personal growth following adversity Part 3. Enhancing sports injury rehabilitation experiences for injured athletes 6. Believe in your ability to create change: Psychosocial factors influencing sports injury rehabilitation adherence 7. Are you a buffer or an amplifier?: The role of social support in the effective return to sport following injury 8. Seeing is believing: Imagery use during injury rehabilitation 9. Does it pay to pay attention? Making a case for mindfulness-based approaches in injury rehabilitation Part 4. The role of psychology in understanding return and non-return to sport decisions 10. Is my athlete REALLY ready to return to sport? Psychological factors and returning to sport following injury 11. They think it’s all over: Injury-related retirement in sport Part 5. Special interests in sports injury 12. The psychological aspect of anterior cruciate ligament injuries 13. ""It’s my concussion story, and I want it to be heard": Understanding the psychology of concussion experience 14. Spinal cord injury and sport 15. "But I need you to play": Coach influences on athlete and team medical outcomes 16. The coffee break to close the book…Where do we go from here?