The moderating effects of social support and playing status on the life stress-injury relationship

1993 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trent A. Petrie
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Stress Injury

Social Support: Exploring Its Role in the Context of Athletic Injuries

1996 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eileen Udry
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Athletic Injuries ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
Stress Injury ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Potential Moderator

The vast majority of research dealing with athletic injuries has examined injuries from physical or environmental perspectives. However, there has been a growing awareness of the role of psychosocial factors in the injury process. Specifically, social support has been identified as a variable that may play a significant role in both the etiology of and recovery from athletic injuries. The overall purpose of this discussion is to review and integrate the literature that has examined the role of social support as it relates to athletic injuries. More specifically, this paper will (a) discuss conceptual issues related to social support, (b) explore the role of social support as a potential moderator variable in the life stress-injury relationship, (c) examine the contribution of social support to the rehabilitation process, and (d) suggest directions for future research based on the extant social support literature.

The Relationship of Personality Characteristics, Life Stress, and Coping Resources to Athletic Injury

1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Hanson ◽  
Penny McCullagh ◽  
Phyllis Tonymon
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Coping Resources ◽  
Daily Hassles ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Athletic Injury ◽  
Stress Injury ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Severity Of Injury

In 1988, Andersen and Williams proposed a model to explain the stress-injury relationship. The present study tested portions of this framework by investigating frequency and severity of injury occurrence in track and field athletes from four NCAA Division I and II universities. Personality characteristics (locus of control and sport competition trait anxiety), history of stressors (life stress, daily hassles, and past injury), and moderating variables (coping resources and social support) were assessed before the season began. Discriminant analyses indicated that four variables (coping resources, negative life stress, social support, and competitive anxiety) differentiated the severity groups. For injury frequency, coping resources and positive life stress differentiated the groups.

The Role of Social Support in the Life Stress/Injury Relationship

1991 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles J. Hardy ◽  
Jack M. Richman ◽  
Lawrence B. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Life Stress ◽  
Injury Severity ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Life Change ◽  
Support Functions ◽  
Stress Injury ◽  
Injury Frequency

This study examined the role of social support in the relationship between life stress and injury. Utilizing a prospective design, male and female collegiate athletes participating in the sports of volleyball, gymnastics, field hockey, soccer, cross-country, track and field, and wrestling completed the Athletic Life Experience Survey and the Support Functions Questionnaire. The results indicated that life stress and social support were predictive of injury frequency among male athletes. Specifically, injury frequency increased as the level of total life change and the number of providers of shared social reality support increased (direct effect). In addition, injury frequency was found to increase as negative life change and the number of providers of, and degree of fulfillment for, emotional challenge support decreased (buffer effect). No significant models emerged for female athletes or injury severity. The results of this study support a functional or disaggregated role for social support in the life stress/injury relationship.

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