The effects of psychological factors in sports medicine rehabilitation adherence
Lampton, C.C.; Lambert, M.E.; Yost, R.
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 33(3): 292-299
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-4707 PMID: 8107483 Document Number: 415909
This study investigated the influence of achievement motivation and self-esteem on injury treatment adherence in a general sample of injured patients receiving treatment in a sports medicine clinic. Subjects consisted of both injured athletes and workers who had incurred an on-the-job injury. Based on scales of self-esteem and achievement motivation, patients were categorized as either high or low in self-esteem certainty, self-esteem level, tendency to be task-involved, and tendency to ego-involved in tasks. Treatment adherence was measured by number of missed appointments and by physical therapist ratings of effort and progress. It was found that patients low in self-esteem certainty and high in ego-involvement tended to miss the most treatment appointments. Contrary to previous findings, task-involvement was not found to be related to treatment adherence.