PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SPORT INJURY

Catalog description

This course examines the various factors impacting athletes prior to and after a sport injury occurs. Understanding the relationship between biological, psychological, and social factors is critical to understanding, preventing, and rehabbing from a sport injury. Students will learn more about the consequences of sport injury, various psychological responses to sport injury, and the culture surrounding sport injury for athletes at different levels. In addition, various psychological concepts that can influence rehabilitation from an injury will be explored.