| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Dictionary of Sport Psychology : Sport, Exercise, and Performing Arts |
| Editors | Dieter Hackfort, Robert J. Schinke, Bernd Strauss |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Academic press |
| Publication date | 2019 |
| Pages | 144-145 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-12-813150-3 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-12-813151-0 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Abstract
Injury anxiety in sports is a situation-specific state or trait. It is comprised of certain affective, cognitive, and behavioral components in athletes, coaches, or family members. As a trait concept, injury anxiety is the general tendency or predisposition to anticipate or appraise potentially risky or harmful sport situations in a way that induces certain unpleasant affects, worries and concerns. Given models of individual appraisal, this anticipation consists of both the consequences of a potential injury and the individual coping resources. As a state or actual process, in particular situational determinants become important, which consist of (1) the individual’s cognitive, affective, and psychophysiological processes; (2) the perceived given task; and (3) the individual’s perception of social and ecological circumstances.