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Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/28700 Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running Marchetti-Mercer, Maria Chiara Daws, Loray genevieveswim@gmail.com Symonds, Genevieve Perceived causes of injury Approach to rehabilitation Psychological responses to injury Long-distance running Injury Biopsychosocial Training programs Perceived benefits of running Personal understanding of injury Myers-briggs type indicator UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2012. The purpose of the study was to explore the psychosocial factors involved in the susceptibility, experience and rehabilitation of injuries sustained in long-distance running in order to develop a biopsychosocial theoretical model that will help explain the experience of injury and the successful rehabilitation thereof in long-distance running. The study was approached from a biopsychosocial theoretical perspective. A mixed methods research design with the purpose of expansion and using 15 case studies was employed. Purposive sampling with a snowballing effect was used to select the 15 long-distance runners who were injured or had recently recovered from injury. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with each of the participants. Furthermore, each participant completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. An examination of the participants’ experiences of injury reveals that injury has an effect on and is affected by the following factors: running history and training program; perceived benefits and disadvantages of running; personal understanding of injury; personality factors; psychological responses to injury; perceived causes of injury; approach to rehabilitation; and coping mechanisms. Furthermore, there is an inherent interplay of biological or physical, psychological and social processes involved in the experience of injuries sustained in long-distance running. Based on the findings of the study, the biopsychosocial model of long-distance running injuries is proposed. Although the model emanates from the experiences of the 15 participants in the study, it may be applied to long-distance runners in general. A long-distance runner’s experience of running is the core of the model. The model depicts how each of the factors noted previously has an effect on and is affected by injury; thus, showing the integral relationship between injury and each of the factors. Furthermore, the biopsychosocial nature of the model is also portrayed in the model. Cognizance is also taken that all long-distance runners are individuals and may respond to injury in a unique manner. Psychology unrestricted 2013-09-07T14:06:07Z 2012-10-15 2013-09-07T14:06:07Z 2012-09-06 2012-10-15 2012-10-13 Thesis Symonds, G 2011, Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running , PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28700 > D12/9/306/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28700 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10132012-161920/ © 2011 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Perceived causes of injury Approach to rehabilitation Psychological responses to injury Long-distance running Injury Biopsychosocial Training programs Perceived benefits of running Personal understanding of injury Myers-briggs type indicator UCTD Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running |
| title | Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running |
| title_full | Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running |
| title_fullStr | Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running |
| title_short | Psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long-distance running |
| title_sort | psychosocial factors involved in injuries sustained in long distance running |
| topic | Perceived causes of injury Approach to rehabilitation Psychological responses to injury Long-distance running Injury Biopsychosocial Training programs Perceived benefits of running Personal understanding of injury Myers-briggs type indicator UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28700 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10132012-161920/ |