Previous Injury, Psychological Responses to Injury and Sport Participation among College Students

Tang, Jing-Xuan (2019) Previous Injury, Psychological Responses to Injury and Sport Participation among College Students. Final Year Project (Bachelor), Tunku Abdul Rahman University College.

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Abstract

The purpose of the study was to examine the previous injury, psychological responses to injury and sport participation among college students. Tunku Abdul Rahman Univeristy College (TARUC) main campus college students were selected to determine their psychological responses to injury in terms of gender, age, type of injury, degree of injury and physical activity level in any of the psychological responses subscale (devastation, dispirited, reorganization, attempts to rationalize and isolation). A total of 150 participants aged between 18 – 25 years old from TARUC students completed the questionnaire which consisted of demographic data, Psychological Responses to Injury Inventory, physical activity involvement and Physical Activity Index (PAI). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. Inferential statistics such as t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. T-test and ANOVA were computed to determine whether differences existed in psychological responses to injury mean scores according to gender, age, type of injury, degree of injury and physical activity level. Approval from The Ethnical Committee of Tunku Abdul Rahman University College was obtained to carry out this research study. Consent form was given to the participants first then questionnaires were distributed to Tunku Abdul Rahman University College‘s students. Before answering the survey questionnaire, the subjects were briefed by the researcher about the purpose of the study. The survey was carried out in Tunku Abdul Rahman University College and the questionnaires were collected immediately by the researcher upon completion. Gender showed significant difference in reorganization (P < 0.040) and isolation (P < 0.039). For type of injury, there were significant difference in dispirited subscale (P < 0.011) and for physical activity level, there were showed significant difference in devastation subscale (P < 0.032). As a conclusion, psychological responses to injury have no significant difference in age groups and degree of injury but showed significant differences in gender, type of injury and physical activity level.