The Psychological Response to Injury
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1. The psychological response to injury
  Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. This survey will inform the results for the study "How does the psychological response to injury put athletes at an increased risk of injury recurrence?".

You have been invited on account of your participation in physical activity and having previously suffered a sporting injury. This is an anonymous questionnaire and no results will be linked back to any participants. This is a one-off survey that requires only completion of this questionnaire with no further contact from the researcher, participants also have the right to withdraw at any time.

Should you wish to contact the researcher with any further questions or to discuss the results of the study, please email myself (Shannon Sandy) at shannonsandy96@gmail.com or contact the tutor for this project (Dr Alister McCormick) at amccormick@marjon.ac.uk.
 
1. What is your age? *
       		 
 
 
2. What is your gender? *
      
 
 
 
3. What type of physical activity or sport did you participate in, at the time of your injury? *
 
 
 
4. How many hours do you participate in physical activity a week? *
       		 
 
 
5. Why do you participate in physical activity? *
       		 
 
 
6. Would you describe yourself as an ​athlete? *
 
 
 
7. Briefly describe the injury you have sustained. 
​For example the confirmed diagnosis, symptoms, location of injury...​ *
 
 
 
8. Did you undertake any rehabilitation for the injury? *
       		 
 
 
9. How often did you perform the following behaviours as a consequence of your injury? *
  Never Rarely Sometimes Often Always
I played through the pain
I avoided painful movements
I changed my playing position within the team
I changed my technique to avoid getting re-injured
I wore protective garments such as taping or bracing
I reduced my training intensity
I avoided situations that could lead to re-injury (e.g. tackles in rugby)
Reduced training intensity
 
 
 
10. Did these behaviours lead to any of the following outcomes? *
       		 
 
 
11. How frequently did the injury lead you to feeling the following emotions? *
  Never Rarely Occassionally Frequently Very frequently
Relieved
Anxious
Helpless
Bored
Depressed
Angry
Discouraged
Optimistic
Frightened
Stressed
Nervous
Worried
Fearful of re-injury
Hesitant
Cautious
 
 
 
12. When you experienced these emotions, how strong were the emotions typically? *
  I did not experience this emotion Mild Moderate Strong Very strong
Relieved
Anxious
Helpless
Bored
Depressed
Angry
Discouraged
Optimistic
Frightened
Stressed
Nervous
Worried
Fearful of re-injury
Hesitant
Cautious
 
 
 
13. Were you/ are you fearful about becoming re-injured during training or competition?  *
 
 
 
14. ​If you have returned to normal training already, ​how do you now feel in the area that was injured?
  Strongly disagree Disagree Sometimes Agree Strongly agree
Strong
Weak
Apprehensive
Cautious
Fully recovered
Protective
 
 
 
 
 

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