Psychological Acceptance to Sports Injury in Japanese University Elite Athletes: Coping Free of Adhesion, Perceived Physical Recovery, and Perceived Personal Growth
Tomonori TATSUMI (Kio University, JAPAN)
abstract
In this study, the effect of psychological acceptance to sports injury on athletes' recognition of physical recovery and personal growth was examined.
The subjects were 137 highly competitive college athletes in Japan, who were forced to stop playing for more than one week owing to injury suffered after they entered universities. They were asked to fill out originally developed questionnaire consisted of the following 4 scales: Coping free of adhesion (COFAD), Injury-Recovery, Movement-Recovery, and Personal-Growth scale.
The main results were as follows:
1. Factor analysis (Principal factor method, Promax rotation) indicated that 'COFAD' consisted of 2 factors: 'Work self-consciousness (WOSC: α=.89)' and 'Accepting reality (ACRE: α=.68)' (r=.58). 'WOSC' is how much an athlete understands and is aware of the purpose and meaning of the rehabilitation that s/he is working on. 'ACRE' is that athlete percepts the fact s/he cannot play sport at the moment and tries his/her best what s/he can do, which is, rehabilitation.
2. In Multiple regression analysis, it was revealed that predictor variable of Injury-Recovery was ACRE (β=.23, R2=.09), as well as that of Movement-Recovery (β=.31, R2=.18). Predictor variable of Personal-Growth was WOSC (β=.23, R2=.09). Coefficient of determination by these regression equations were all significant (p<.01).
―Consequently, optimal psychological intervention for rehabilitation will be suggested according to an athlete's COFAD variable, which may enhance injury and movement recovery and personal growth.
