Personality is an
important area in sport psychology as attempts are made to understand, explain
and predict levels of sporting involvement and success as well as to prevent
injuries in sport. Sports-related injuries are a major problem for competitive
athletes.
An injury affects the athlete both physically and psychologically and
leads to compromised health. In alpine skiing, there is limited research on the
influence of injuries with respect to personality characteristics and gender.
Earlier research on skiing injuries has been focused on physiological aspects
and inappropriate equipment, while very limited research deals with
psychological risk factors. It is, however, important to take as many aspects
as possible into consideration when studying the complexity behind injuries in
competitive alpine skiers. To find out if personality traits differ between
skiers may help the coach to prevent at injury-risk situations for an alpine
skier. Read more>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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