Establishment of Rehabilitation Coping Expectation Scale (RCES)

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350764
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Kindai University
• Principal Investigator: NAOI Airi 近畿大学, 総合社会学部, 准教授 (60411584)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: Coping / Rehabilitation / Sport Injury

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of the study is to develop a Sport Rehabilitation Coping Expectation Scale (SRCES). The participants were 129 injured athletes (males=94, females=35). Factor analysis was used to identify six factors (21 items)that influence rehabilitation coping. They were (1) Other-oriented/dependency, (2) Assertiveness, (3) Tendency to overtrain, (4) Optimism, (5) Lack of understanding, and (6) Giving up. When gender and the level of sport were considered, female athletes reported a higher Tendency to overtrain than male athletes. Additionally, athletes who participated in tournaments higher than the national or regional level reported higher Other-oriented/dependency scores than athletes who only participated in lower than state-level tournaments.

Free Research Field

Sport Psychology