TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Goal orientation and desire for approval were associated with sports injuries among young Japanese athletes
JO  - AJPM Focus
A1  - Take, Yasuhiro
A1  - Uchida, Ryohei
A1  - Nagai, Kanto
A1  - Iwasaki, Susumu
A1  - Ogasawara, Issei
A1  - Kimotsuki, Yukiko
A1  - Nakata, Ken
A1  - Hoshino, Yuichi
A1  - Kuroda, Ryosuke
A1  - Matsushita, Takehiko
A1  - Kanzaki, Noriyuki
A1  - Nishida, Kyohei
SP  - e100236
EP  - e100236
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
N2  - INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to clarify the relationship between psychological factors (goal orientation and desire for approval from others) and the severity of sports injuries experienced by young Japanese athletes. <br><br>METHODS: A total of 560 young Japanese athletes (328 males and 232 females) aged 18-24 years completed an online survey in 2022-2023. A web questionnaire was used to investigate participants' task and ego orientations, desire for approval from others (e.g., coaches and friends/families), and history of injury. The samples were then split into 3 groups on the basis of the rest duration due to the injury: noninjury group (0 days), mild-to-moderate injury group (1-27 days), and severe injury group (>28 days). Spearman's test examined a correlation between task and ego orientation scores among all samples. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the scores between the severe injury and noninjury groups. <br><br>RESULT: A significant positive correlation was found between task and ego orientation scores from all samples (ρ=0.27, p<0.001). The severe injury group had significantly higher task orientation scores and desire for approval scores than the noninjury group (ρ=0.001, p<0.001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Japanese young athletes with high task orientation and approval desire may be at risk of severe sports injuries requiring >4 weeks to return to sports. The goal orientation profiles should be interpreted with caution. Future research should examine contextual effects such as the perceived motivational climate, in addition to the goal orientation profiles.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2773-0654
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2024.100236
ID  - ref1
ER  -