Sport Psychology Studies

Sport Psychology Studies

The moderating role of social support in life stress – sport injury relationship

Document Type : Original research

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1 Ph.D. student in the field of physical education and sports sciences, science and research department, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Professor, School of Social and Cultural Sciences, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Associate professor of sport Physiology, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
This study examined the moderating role of social support in the relationship between life stress and sport injury due to some documents that have supported the assumed role of social support in reducing sport injuries. A total of 341 young male and female athletes of different sport majors (mean age 26.35) were included in this study based on convenience sampling. All the participants were restricted from sport activities at least for one day. Utilizing a retrospective design, participants’ stress level and their perceived social support were assessed by the Life Events Survey for Collegiate Athletes and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support respectively. The effect of social support and its subscales on negative life stress-injury relationships were investigated using logistic regression analysis. Results showed that “total social support” and “significant other support” subscale had a significant moderating effect on stress and injury relationship. According to these results the importance of coaches, trainers and teammates in providing varied and useful support nets to decrease the incidence of injury and its severity in young athletes would be clear.
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Volume 14, Issue 52
Spring 2025
Pages 62-90

  • Receive Date 20 January 2022
  • Revise Date 25 June 2022
  • Accept Date 14 June 2022