Subjective Distress, Sport Injury-Related Growth, Self-Efficacy and Wellbeing upon Return to Sport following Injury

TY - JOUR

T1 - Subjective Distress, Sport Injury-Related Growth, Self-Efficacy and Wellbeing upon Return to Sport following Injury

AU - Bruton, Adam

PY - 2018/9

Y1 - 2018/9

N2 - This study undertook a preliminary examination of the influence of sport injury-related growth (SIRG) upon the relationship between perceived impact of injury, level of self-efficacy and psychological well-being upon return to sport following injury. One-hundred and twenty participants (61 male, 59 female, Mage = 29) who had been absent from sport for at least 4 weeks due to injury within the last two years completed measures of subjective distress, stress-related growth, return to sport efficacy and psychological well-being. Preacher and Hayes’s (2008) mediation analysis indicated sport injury-related growth did not mediate the relationship between the subjective distress caused by injury and self-efficacy upon return to sport. Sport injury-related growth did mediate the relationship between the subjective distress and psychological well-being. These findings indicate that sport injury-related growth can aid an individual to achieve increased psychological well-being in the return to sport following injury. Future research should seek to explore in-depth the potential mechanisms underpinning the impact of SIRG upon an individual's cognitive-affective state, and consider the measurement of the construct in relation to assessing growth explicitly related to trauma from sport injury.© 2018, The British Psychological Society. The attached document (embargoed until 01/03/2019) is an author produced version of a paper published in SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link below. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.

AB - This study undertook a preliminary examination of the influence of sport injury-related growth (SIRG) upon the relationship between perceived impact of injury, level of self-efficacy and psychological well-being upon return to sport following injury. One-hundred and twenty participants (61 male, 59 female, Mage = 29) who had been absent from sport for at least 4 weeks due to injury within the last two years completed measures of subjective distress, stress-related growth, return to sport efficacy and psychological well-being. Preacher and Hayes’s (2008) mediation analysis indicated sport injury-related growth did not mediate the relationship between the subjective distress caused by injury and self-efficacy upon return to sport. Sport injury-related growth did mediate the relationship between the subjective distress and psychological well-being. These findings indicate that sport injury-related growth can aid an individual to achieve increased psychological well-being in the return to sport following injury. Future research should seek to explore in-depth the potential mechanisms underpinning the impact of SIRG upon an individual's cognitive-affective state, and consider the measurement of the construct in relation to assessing growth explicitly related to trauma from sport injury.© 2018, The British Psychological Society. The attached document (embargoed until 01/03/2019) is an author produced version of a paper published in SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self- archiving policy. The final published version (version of record) is available online at the link below. Some minor differences between this version and the final published version may remain. We suggest you refer to the final published version should you wish to cite from it.

M3 - Article

SN - 2396-961X

VL - 14

JO - Sport and Exercise Psychology Review

JF - Sport and Exercise Psychology Review

IS - 2

ER -