ABSTRACT

Psychological readiness to return to sport (RTS) after injury is a critical and timely area of research that has received significant research attention of late. Although research on psychological readiness to RTS has burgeoned in recent years, there remains a lack of conceptual clarity on what psychological readiness is. As such, our aims in this review of the state of the art (consistent with the typology of Grant and Booth) are threefold. First, we articulate key conceptual issues and questions regarding the nature of psychological readiness and offer a preliminary nomothetic definition of the construct. Based on the definition, we advance several hypotheses for testing in future research. Second, we discuss research examining correlates of psychological readiness and, third, we look at empirical work focused on outcomes of psychological readiness. Our review draws upon literature spanning various disciplines and cultures/languages.

摘要

受伤后重返运动的心理准备 (RTS) 是一个重要且及时的研究领域，最近受到了广泛的研究关注。尽管对 RTS 的心理准备的研究近年来蓬勃发展，但对于什么是心理准备仍然缺乏概念上的明确性。因此，我们在本次审查现有技术（与格兰特和布斯的类型学一致）中的目标是三重的。首先，我们阐明了有关心理准备性质的关键概念问题和问题，并提供了该结构的初步定理定义。基于该定义，我们提出了几个假设以在未来的研究中进行测试。其次，我们讨论了检查心理准备相关性的研究，第三，我们着眼于专注于心理准备结果的实证研究。我们的评论借鉴了跨越不同学科和文化/语言的文献。