The relationship between sources of confidence and re-injury anxiety in injured athletes when returning to sport.
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Riddle, James
Date
2014Type
Thesis
Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between sources
of confidence and re-injury anxiety in injured athletes when returning to sport.
Participants (n=54) from a variety of sports (n=9) completed the Modified Sources of
Sport-Confidence Questionnaire (M-SSCQ; Vealey, Hayashi, Garner-Holman &
Giacobbi, 1998) and the Re-injury Anxiety Inventory (RIAI; Walker, Thatcher &
Lavallee, 2010). The results of the multiple regression analysis indicated that
vicarious experience (p<.002) and social support (p<.049) significantly contribute to
the prediction of re-injury anxiety intensity. Vicarious experience in an inverse
direction whereas social support in a positive. Vicarious experience (p<.012) was
also the only source that significantly contributed to the prediction of re-injury anxiety
frequency (p<.05), also in an inverse direction. These findings suggest specific
sources of confidence may display stronger relationships to the prediction of re-injury
anxiety intensity and frequency when returning to sport. Further research is required
from both quantitative and qualitative approaches to help explain how and why
certain sources of confidence relate more to re-injury anxiety.
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DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS)
SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
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