THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS ON INJURIES IN FOOTBALL PLAYERS

Year 2021, Volume: 28 Issue: 2, 323 - 331, 15.06.2021

Seçkin Şenışık , Ogün Köyağasıoğlu

https://doi.org/10.17343/sdutfd.809970

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Objective
The aim of this study is to investigate whether psychosocial
factors such as anxiety level or level of coping
resources affect the occurrence of injury.
Materials and Methods
A total of 83 professional football players participated
in the study. At the beginning of the study, the State-
Trait Anxiety Inventory, Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-
28 and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived
Social Support were completed. Team doctors noted the type and severity of injury, and the number of trainings
and matches the players missed due to injury.
Results
Sixty-three of the 83 players (75.9%) suffered a total
of 121 injuries. Total injury incidence was 6.2/1000
hours (during match 18.3/1000 h; during training
3.2/1000 h). Four (3.2%) of the injuries were minimal,
28 (22.9%) were mild, 67 (55.1%) were moderate, and
22 (17.9%) were severe. There was a negative correlation
between the number and severity of injuries and
coping skills, and a positive correlation between the
number and severity of injuries and anxiety level. These
relationships were statistically significant (p <0.05).
Injured players had higher levels of anxiety and lower
coping resources. There was a statistically significant
difference between injured and uninjured players for
these values (p <0.05).
Conclusion
It was clearly observed that there is a relationship
between psychological factors and the occurrence of
sports injuries. Investigating the relationship between
psychological factors and the risk of injury appears to
be important in preventing sports injuries.

Keywords

psychological factors, sports injury, sports psychology

Supporting Institution

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Project Number

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Thanks

The authors would like to thank Dr. Timur Köse for his valuable help with the statistics.

PSİKOLOJİK FAKTÖRLERİN FUTBOLCULARDAKİ YARALANMALAR ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİLERİ

Abstract

Çalışmanın amacı kaygı seviyesi ve başa çıkma kaynakları
düzeyi gibi psikososyal faktörlerin yaralanma
oluşumunu etkileyip etkilemediğini incelemektir.
Gereç ve Yöntem
Çalışmaya toplam 83 futbolcu katıldı. Çalışmanın başında
Sürekli ve Durumluk Kaygı Ölçeği, Sporcuların
Psikolojik Becerilerini Değerlendirme Ölçeği ve Çok
Boyutlu Algılanan Sosyal Destek Ölçeği dolduruldu.
Takım doktorları yaralanmanın tipini, şiddetini ve
sporcunun yaralanmaya bağlı olarak kaçırdığı antrenman
ve maç sayısını ve takımdan ayrı kaldığı süreyi
kaydetti.
Bulgular
83 futbolcunun 63’ünde (%75.9) toplam 121 yaralanma
gözlendi. Toplam yaralanma insidansı Toplam
yaralanma insidansı 6.2/1000 saat, maçta yaralanma
insidansı 18.3/1000 saat, antrenmanda yaralanma
insidansı 3.4/1000 saatti. Yaralanmaların 4’ü (3.2%)
minimal, 28’i (22.9%) hafif, 67’si (55.1%) orta, 22’si
(17.9%) ciddi şiddetli yaralanmalardı. Yaralanma
sayısı ve şiddeti ile başa çıkma kaynakları arasında
negatif, kaygı seviyesi arasında pozitif ilişki vardı. Bu
ilişkiler istatiksel olarak anlamlıydı (p<0.05). Yaralanan
sporcularda daha yüksek kaygı seviyesi ve daha
düşük başa çıkma kaynakları mevcuttu. Yaralanan ve
yaralanmayan sporcular arasında bu değerler için istatiksel
olarak anlamlı farklılık vardı (p<0.05).
Sonuç
Psikolojik faktörler ve spor yaralanmalarının oluşumu
arasında bir ilişki olduğu açıkça görülmektedir. Psikolojik
faktörler ile yaralanma riski arasındaki ilişkiyi
araştırmanın spor yaralanmalarını önlemek açısından
önemli olduğu görünmektedir.

Keywords

psikolojik faktörler, spor yaralanması, spor psikolojisi

Project Number

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