Presentation Title
Confidence and Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes
Abstract
The purpose of this project is to examine the relationship between psychosocial variables and athletic injury. Volunteer participants from the UVM men’s lacrosse and soccer teams will be asked to complete pre- season self report measures of competitive anxiety, life stress and self- confidence. Following the athletic season a post- season measure of sustained injuries will be taken. We predict that there will be significant relationships between confidence, stress and athletic injury. In particular, injury is thought to directly correlate with stress and inversely correlate with confidence. This data may inform best practices with regard to injury prevention in athletes.
Primary Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Jeremy Sibold
Secondary Mentor Name
Dr. Sayamwong Hammack
Status
Undergraduate
Student College
College of Arts and Sciences
Program/Major
Neuroscience
Second Program/Major
Anthropology
Primary Research Category
Social Sciences
Secondary Research Category
Health Sciences
Tertiary Research Category
Biological Sciences
Confidence and Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes
The purpose of this project is to examine the relationship between psychosocial variables and athletic injury. Volunteer participants from the UVM men’s lacrosse and soccer teams will be asked to complete pre- season self report measures of competitive anxiety, life stress and self- confidence. Following the athletic season a post- season measure of sustained injuries will be taken. We predict that there will be significant relationships between confidence, stress and athletic injury. In particular, injury is thought to directly correlate with stress and inversely correlate with confidence. This data may inform best practices with regard to injury prevention in athletes.