The rebalancing act : women's experiences of psychological well-being during serious sport injury
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Kinesiology, School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Trainor, Lisa Raquel
issued: 2019-01-07T16:36:39Z
issued: 2019
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Sport injury is a stressful event because it poses threats to an athlete’s physical, emotional, and social well-being (Heil, 1993), which manifests cognitively, emotionally, and behaviourally (Brewer, 2007). There is also much to be gained from the sport injury experience (Tracey, 2003). There has been little attention given to athletes’ psychological well-being (PWB) during injury recovery. PWB is defined as “living well or actualizing one’s true potentials” (Deci & Ryan, 2001, p.2). A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 12 currently seriously injured women varsity athletes (out of sport for 21+ days) was employed to explore their perceptions and experiences of PWB during sport injury recovery. Four main themes were identified. Firstly, my life is chaos and out of control: participants perceived sport injury to trigger an identity crisis and a sense of loss, leaving them feeling overwhelmed and stagnant in pursuit of their athletic goals. Secondly, pressures shaping response to sport injury: sport culture was a dominant pressure, which included participants pushing through and normalizing pain and injury. As well participants’ fears and anxiety perpetuated their negative emotional appraisals of injury, and social support was only perceived as valuable if it came from someone with personal injury experience. Thirdly, maybe I can: adaptation from the disruption sport injury: adaptation included a process of resisting and accepting, expanding the self, rebalancing, and gaining awareness. At the crux of adaptation was rebalancing oneself to enter a state of equilibrium, harmonizing PWB. Moreover, participants perceived sport and global PWB to collide, where both played a large role in one another. However, it was identified that global PWB is the foundation of one’s PWB. Finally, sport injury growth: after reappraisal participants identified sport injury as a learning experience, resilience and triumph, and having a greater appreciation for sport and h…
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note: THE REBALANCING ACT: WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING DURING SERIOUS SPORT INJURY by Lisa Raquel Trainor BKin., The University of British Columbia, 2016 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Kinesiology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) December 2018 © Lisa Raquel Trainor, 2018 ii Committee Page The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommended to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: The Rebalancing Act: Women’s Experiences of Psychological Well-Being During Serious Sport Injury Submitted by Lisa Raquel Trainor in partial fulfillment of the requirements for: the degree of Master of Arts in Kinesiology Examining Committee: Dr. Peter Crocker, UBC Kinesiology Supervisor Dr. Andrea Bundon, UBC Kinesiology Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Leah Ferguson, USask Kinesiology Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Sport injury is a stressful event because it poses threats to an athlete’s physical, emotional, and social well-being (Heil, 1993), which manifests cognitively, emotionally, and behaviourally (Brewer, 2007). There is also much to be gained from the sport injury experience (Tracey, 2003). There has been little attention given to athletes’ psychological well-being (PWB) during injury recovery. PWB is defined as “living well or actualizing one’s true potentials” (Deci & Ryan, 2001, p.2). A thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews with 12 currently seriously injured women varsity athletes (out of sport for 21+ days) was employed to explore their perceptions and experiences of PWB during sport injury recovery. Four main themes were identified. Firstly, my life is chaos and out of control: participants perceived sport injury to trigger an identity crisis and a sense of loss, leaving them feeling overwhelmed and stagnant in pursuit of their athletic goals. S…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2019-02
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0375893
language: eng
degree discipline: Kinesiology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68192