Key result
Resilience showed a direct and positive correlation with state-trait anxiety, with a stronger relationship observed in non-injured footballers (r=0.61) compared to injured footballers (r=0.38).
Why the study?
Resilience has been considered separately in the contexts of sports injuries and anxiety states, but these issues have rarely been considered together.
Cross-Sectional (n=185)
Yes
Effect estimate: r = 0.61 (non-injured) vs r = 0.38 (injured)
p-value: p=<0.001
Resilience is positively associated with the capacity to adapt to injuries in footballers, particularly when anxiety is a transitory state, and this relationship is stronger in non-injured players.
Resilience-anxiety association in footballers is hypothesis-generating; longitudinal data needed before any practice implications.
Resilience is a psychological characteristic which enhances personal assets and protects individuals from potential negative effects of various stressors. While this topic has been considered in the separate context of sports injuries and anxiety states, these issues have rarely been considered together. The objective of this study is to analyse the association between motivation to overcome injuries in football and the state of anxiety caused by those injuries. One hundred and eighty-five footballers from Spain were analysed by way of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory questionnaires, and an injury self-registration sheet. Statistical analyses were performed using structural equations. Results showed a direct and positive relationship between the capacity to face up to injuries or potential injuries and to adapt successfully to them for injured footballers, especially when anxiety was considered as a transitory emotional state. In addition, this relationship was stronger in non-injured sportspersons because their resilience capacity was not being impaired by the experience of an injury.
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Ortega et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Sports injuries and anxiety (n=185). Resilience vs. Anxiety and injury status was evaluated on Correlation between resilience and state-trait anxiety (r = 0.61 (non-injured) vs r = 0.38 (injured), p=<0.001). Resilience showed a direct and positive correlation with state-trait anxiety, with a stronger relationship observed in non-injured footballers (r=0.61) compared to injured footballers (r=0.38).
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