Paper Assignment: Sport Injury Psychology
Paper Outline (write 4 pages total) avoids the chosen points and continues writing over the given paper
i. Understand how injuries not only affect the performance of a player but how they affect their mental health and psych as they come back to play or even during their sit-out period
ii. Pros and Cons
iii. How is one affected later on when they get back to play?
iv. Hypothesis: a lot more negative effects than positive
v. How to help improve their mental health
vi. Does mental health affect individuals to recover faster
vii. How to help them get back better and stronger when they come back to play
viii. Ways it harms the athlete mentally
ix. Tips to help an athlete increase psychological skills in order to control variance aspects
Introduction:
I. Background on Negative relationship of athletes and their injuries
II. Findings: Negative effects and Positive (If Any) effects of injuries
III. Introduce Research Question: How and why injuries affect mental health
IV. Thesis: Negative impacts on mental health from injuries
i. Backed up by articles
ii. Biggest Negative Impacts Athletes Experience
o Depression/Stress
o Mood Disturbance
o Self-Esteem Levels
o Fear of playing
Body of Paper:
Key Points:
I. Negative Impacts Injuries have on players of all sports
i. Depression/Stress
ii. Mood Disturbance
iii. Self-Esteem Levels
iv. Fear of playing
v. Psychological skill level
vi. Afraid of not playing as used to be
II. How Mental Toughness ties into being mentally strong
i. How they deal with stress
ii. How they overcome depression and negative thoughts
III. Relationship Between Stress and Injury
IV. Emotional Responses to Injury
V. How to help improve their mental health
i. How to improve their mental health while injured against normal
VI. Benefits on Improving Mental Health and how that affect variance thing in life
Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport Scale
i. Average time for athletes to return if they decide to
ii. Psychological hold backs that prevent athletes from coming back
iii. Programs to help athletes come back
iv. Motivational videos or practices or by bringing a Pro to provide some positive feedback
Major Impact of Findings
Conclusion:
i. How worrying about mental health, working and improving on it benefits athletes
ii. Any changes we can see in the future for caring about injured athletes
iii. How important it is to look out for athletes during an injury make sure they are happy and still part of the team, make sure they're ready for when they come back
iv. Would relationships or situation affect like would it make sense to sit out if a player is playing through an injury but making them more stressed out
v. Can injuries help someone realize how much they miss being a part of participating in a game or how lucky they get to be playing again
o Could come back with a harder work ethic ...
vi. Could someone benefit from an injury? (Special Cases)
vii. How does injuries or failures affect players to get back on their feet with much more strength
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i) The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
ii) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
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