Psychophysiological Response to Severe Sport Injury Among Competitive Male Athletes: A Preliminary Investigation
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Renee Newcomer Appaneal, Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Features of posttraumatic distress have been associated with treatment noncompliance
and delayed surgical recovery among general medical and trauma populations.
Although cognitive-affective and behavioral features of posttraumatic distress have
been demonstrated among adult and adolescent athletes with injuries, physiological
responses associated with posttraumatic distress have not yet been examined
in this population. The objective of this study was to examine psychophysiological
stress reactivity to orthopedic trauma among male athletes who sustained a
severe sport injury. Athletes with injuries (n = 7) and non-injured athlete controls
(n = 5) completed self-report measures of psychological distress and were then
shown injury video footage while heart rate and skin conductance measures were
recorded. After exposure to orthopedic trauma-related video footage, athletes
with injuries demonstrated significantly greater skin conductance reactivity and
subjective distress compared to controls. As demonstrated among other medical
and trauma populations, athletes with injuries exhibit exaggerated stress reactivity
profiles when primed with orthopedic trauma stimuli.
Psychophysiological Response to Severe Sport Injury Among Competitive Male Athletes: A Preliminary Investigation
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Clinical Sport Psychology, 2007, 1, 68-88
- Language: English
- Date: 2007
- Keywords
- psychological distress, physiological reactivity, posttraumatic/acute stress, orthopedic trauma, psychology of sport injury