Psychometric Analysis and Effectiveness of the Psychological Readiness of Injured Athlete to Return to Sport (PRIA-RS) Questionnaire on Injured Soccer Players

Pedro Gómez-Piqueras, Clare Ardern, Alejandro Prieto-Ayuso, Francisco Javier Robles-Palazón, Antonio Cejudo, Pilar Sainz de Baranda and Aurelio Olmedilla
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Pedro Gómez-Piqueras: Lille LOSC FC, 59800 Lille, France
Clare Ardern: Division of Physiotherapy, Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden
Alejandro Prieto-Ayuso: Faculty of Education, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 16002 Cuenca, Spain
Francisco Javier Robles-Palazón: Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Campus of Excellence Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Antonio Cejudo: Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Campus of Excellence Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Pilar Sainz de Baranda: Department of Physical Activity and Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Campus of Excellence Mare Nostrum, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Aurelio Olmedilla: Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: The decision-making process about when an athlete may safely return to training and competition after an injury is a difficult decision. Safe return to training and competition is characterised by physical and psychological readiness to return to the sport. The objectives of this study are (1) to assess the measurement properties of the Psychological Readiness of Injured Athlete to Return to Sport questionnaire (PRIA-RS), and (2) to analyse the effectiveness which the PRIA-RS questionnaire possesses when applied during four consecutive seasons on professional soccer players. One hundred and nine male soccer players from the Albacete Soccer Club (Spain) were involved during four consecutive seasons for the current study: 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015 and 2015–2016. Psychometric analysis (validity, reliability, internal consistency and effectiveness) and external psychometric analysis (evaluating measures of patient-reported outcomes (EMPRO)) were confirmed and supported. The main results of the study reveal that the psychometric properties of this questionnaire are optimum for their application in a professional sports context.

Keywords: injury; psychology readiness; soccer; return to training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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