Relationship of resilience, anxiety and injuries in footballers: Structural equations analysis

Abstract

Resilience is a psychological characteristic which enhances personal assets and protects individuals from potential negative effects of various stressors. While this topic has been considered in the separate context of sports injuries and anxiety states, these issues have rarely been considered together. The objective of this study is to analyse the association between motivation to overcome injuries in football and the state of anxiety caused by those injuries. One hundred and eighty-five footballers from Spain were analysed by way of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaires, and an injury self-registration sheet. Statistical analyses were performed using structural equations. Results showed a direct and positive relationship between the capacity to face up to injuries or potential injuries and to adapt successfully to them for injured footballers, especially when anxiety was considered as a transitory emotional state. In addition, this relationship was stronger in non-injured sportspersons because their resilience capacity was not being impaired by the experience of an injury.

The Influence of the Trainer’s Social Behaviors on the Resilience, Anxiety, Stress, Depression and Eating Habits of Athletes

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“…Injuries usually cause periods away from the sports practice [16] and beyond physiological and physical attributes associated with athletes' injuries, numerous studies have linked the incidence of sports injuries to some psychological attributes e.g. stress, resilience, etc [16][17][18][19].…”

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The physical and mental health for the medical staff caring for patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital: A structural equation modeling

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