Abstract

OLMEDILLA ZAFRA, AURELIO; PRIETO ANDREU, JOEL M  and  BLAS REDONDO, AMADOR. Psychosocial stress and sport injuries in tennis players. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.3, pp.909-922. ISSN 1657-9267.

The purpose of this study was to assess the perceived social stress and its relation to sports injuries in tennis players. Sixty-three male tennis players, with a mean age of 31.62 years (SD = 8.93), Sports Clubs belonging to the Province of Alicante (Spain) completed instruments of psychosocial stress and injuries sustained during the previous year the assessment. The results indicate that life events experienced was related to some of the injuries suffered by players. Relationships were found between the degree of psychological stress experienced and the negative evaluation of this strain, the type (lesions on wrists, ankles and sprains), and severity of injuries (minor injuries).

Keywords : Psychosocial stress; sports injuries; tennis players; correlational descriptive design; sport; Psychological tests; sport psychology; quantitative research.

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