Brewer Britton W, Shinnick Rachel, Cornelius Allen E, Van Raalte Judy L, Badiei Fahimeh
Department of Psychology, Springfield College, 263 Alden Street, Springfield, MA 01109, USA.
Department of Counseling & School Psychology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 Jan 8;22(1):76. doi: 10.3390/ijerph22010076.
Changes in athletic identity have been documented after injury and other sport transitions in nomothetic investigations. Patterns of change in athletic identity after injury have not been examined systematically at the individual level. In the current study, secondary analyses were performed on two data sets ( = 43 and = 80) in which athletic identity values were available for before and at least six months after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. A stable pattern of athletic identity was most common (48-68% of participants), followed, respectively, by a decreasing pattern (19-45% of participants) and an increasing pattern (7-14% of participants) in both data sets, with a trend toward a decreasing pattern over time in the data set in which athletic identity values were available up to two years after surgery. Partial support was obtained for the claim that decreases in athletic identity after ACL surgery are related to postoperative perceptions of knee symptoms and function. The current intraindividual findings complement the results of nomothetic studies and suggest that although stability of athletic identity after sport injury seems to be the norm, changes in athletic identity are also common and should be considered in applied work with athletes who have sustained injuries.
在一般规律研究中，受伤和经历其他运动转变后，运动身份的变化已有记录。但受伤后运动身份的变化模式尚未在个体层面进行系统研究。在当前研究中，对两个数据集（n = 43和n = 80）进行了二次分析，这两个数据集中可获取前交叉韧带（ACL）重建术前及术后至少六个月的运动身份值。运动身份的稳定模式最为常见（48 - 68%的参与者），其次分别是下降模式（19 - 45%的参与者）和上升模式（7 - 14%的参与者），在两个数据集中均如此，且在术后两年内可获取运动身份值的数据集中，随着时间推移有下降模式的趋势。ACL手术后运动身份下降与术后对膝关节症状和功能的认知有关这一说法获得了部分支持。当前个体层面的研究结果补充了一般规律研究的结果，并表明尽管运动损伤后运动身份的稳定性似乎是常态，但运动身份的变化也很常见，在与受伤运动员的应用工作中应予以考虑。
