An examination into the sources of confidence used in the injury process.
Author
Kayleigh, Dawson
Date
2014Type
Thesis
Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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This investigation examined how athletes source confidence in the injury process and
discussed if time influenced this. Previous research looked at the separate stages of the
injury process instead of as a whole process therefore providing the rationale for this
investigation. 60 male (N=39) and female (N=21) elite (N=41) and non-elite (N=19)
athletes completed two separate questionnaires; Trait Robustness of Sport Confidence
Inventory (Beatie et al., 2001) and the Modified Sources of Sport-Confidence
Questionnaire (Magyar & Duda, 2000). Significant differences were identified between
certain sources of confidence (mastery, vicarious experience and social support) as
important to athletes the longer they spend in the injury process. Results supported the
need to increase the amount of social support, vicarious experience and mastery when an
athlete experiences injury and these are depended on more, the longer the athletes spend
in the injury process. This implies that different strategies should be adopted depending on
how long the athlete spends being injured. More research needs to be undertaken into
looking at the injury process as a whole instead of as individual stages. Future research
should investigate why these sources were identified as having an impact on confidence
the further the athlete spent in the injury process, as well as providing strategies for
practitioners to use the longer the athletes spend in the injury process to address
confidence restoration.
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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS)
SPORT AND EXERCISE SCIENCE
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