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Injury psychology

· Understand how injuries not only affect the performance of a player but how they affect their mental health and psych as they come back to play or even during their sit-out period

· Pros and Cons

· How is one affected later on when they get back to play?

· Hypothesis: a lot more negative effects than positive

· How to help improve their mental health

· Does mental health affect individuals to recover faster

· How to help them get back better and stronger when they come back to play

· Ways it harms the athlete mentally

· Tips to help an athlete increase psychological skills in order to control variance aspects

Introduction:

· Background on Negative relationship of athletes and their injuries

· Findings: Negative effects and Positive (If Any) effects of injuries

· Introduce Research Question: How and why injuries affect mental health

· Thesis: Negative impacts on mental health from injuries

· Backed up by articles

· Biggest Negative Impacts Athletes Experience

· 1. Depression/Stress

· 2. Mood Disturbance

· 3. Self-Esteem Levels

· 4. Fear of playing

Body of Paper:

Key Points:

· Negative Impacts Injuries have on players of all sports

· 1. Depression/Stress

· 2. Mood Disturbance

· 3. Self-Esteem Levels

· 4. Fear of playing

· 5. Psychological skill level

· 6. Afraid of not playing as used to be

· How Mental Toughness ties into being mentally strong

· How they deal with stress

· How they overcome depression and negative thoughts

· Relationship Between Stress and Injury

· Emotional Responses to Injury

· How to help improve their mental health

· How to improve their mental health while injured against normal

· Benefits on Improving Mental Health and how that affect variance thing in life

Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport Scale

· Average time for athletes to return if they decide to

· Psychological hold backs that prevent athletes from coming back

· Programs to help athletes come back

· Motivational videos or practices or by bringing a Pro to provide some positive feedback

Major Impact of Findings

Conclusion:

· How worrying about mental health, working and improving on it benefits athletes

· Any changes we can see in the future for caring about injured athletes

· How important it is to look out for athletes during an injury make sure they are happy and still part of the team, make sure they’re ready for when they come back

· Would relationships or situation affect like would it make sense to sit out if a player is playing through an injury but making them more stressed out

· Can injuries help someone realize how much they miss being a part of participating in a game or how lucky they get to be playing again

· Could come back with a harder work ethic ...

· Could someone benefit from an injury? (Special Cases)

· How does injuries or failures affect players to get back on their feet with much more strength