Conceptualizing injury challenges and Evidence Based Decision Making

Tamminen, K. A., & Watson, J. C. (2022). Emotion focused therapy with injured athletes: Conceptualizing injury challenges and working with emotions. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(5), 958–982.

Comprehension: Is evidence-based decision-making competence and athlete training opportunities directly related to theoretical practice? Is it related to practitioner theory and how it is integrated into the subject? What therapy modalities can be placed into practitioner and subject interaction to assist in overcoming injury and support current findings? Are these theories applicable in a workplace setting with student athletes? How can individual theories find in JASP Journal of Applied Sports Psychology be addressed to identify the most predictable strategies for increasing self-efficiency and decision-making?

Engagement: In their 2022 study, Tamminen and Watson developed (EFT) Emotional Focused Therapy to identify five challenges athletes face when dealing with an injury. The authors argued that emotional response forms can be further investigated into subcategories of EFT including emotional schemes, emotional response form, and emotion regulation and dysregulation (Tamminen & Watson, 2022).

Critical Thinking:

Winter, M. E., Freeman, P., Griffin, M., Soundy, A., & Maynard, I. (2024). Exploring the processes of evidence-informed decision-making in applied sport psychology. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 36(3), 499–518. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2023.2286950

In Winter, Freeman, Griffin, Soundy & Maynard’s 2024 study, the authors drew conclusions from professionals working in psychology who already collected their initial data by previous experiences those professionals had working in the field (2024). This information was helpful in drawing conclusions for how collecting a sample method of data would either be viable or not concurrent to further research on this topic. For example, in their 2024 study, it provides information on why evidence informed decision making can impact training and rehabilitation from injury (Winter, et. Al., 2024).

Johnston, L., Hakim, A., Dittrich, S., Burnett, J., Kim, E., & White, R. (2016). A Systematic Review of Published Respondent-Driven Sampling Surveys Collecting Behavioral and Biologic Data. AIDS & Behavior, 20(8), 1754–1776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1346-5

Clear Communication: The population of interest is student athletes either overcoming intrinsic challenges with physical or mental performance. The two articles I stated previously are a baseline for addressing the problem with strategies and theories of intervention. Moving forward, their sampling methods and protocol for collecting data didn’t satisfy the requirement for accurate re-interpretation. In their 2016 study, Johnston, Hakim, Dittrich, Burnett, Kim, & White explained (RDS) Respondent Driven Sampling. This might be applicable to a study on student athletes, just using these researchers' method of collecting data. This would include surveys or data collected from the sample size of interest in (Winter, et, al., 2024) in the topic of sports psychology, evidence-based decision making, and emotional focused therapy (EFT). Simply, I would just use the method of collecting evidence from (Winter, et, al., 2024).

Johnston, L., Hakim, A., Dittrich, S., Burnett, J., Kim, E., & White, R. (2016). A Systematic Review of Published Respondent-Driven Sampling Surveys Collecting Behavioral and Biologic Data. AIDS & Behavior, 20(8), 1754–1776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1346-5

Reference 1:

Johnston, L., Hakim, A., Dittrich, S., Burnett, J., Kim, E., & White, R. (2016). A Systematic Review of Published Respondent-Driven Sampling Surveys Collecting Behavioral and Biologic Data. AIDS & Behavior, 20(8), 1754–1776. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-016-1346-5

Tamminen, K. A., & Watson, J. C. (2022). Emotion focused therapy with injured athletes: Conceptualizing injury challenges and working with emotions. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(5), 958–982.

Winter, M. E., Freeman, P., Griffin, M., Soundy, A., & Maynard, I. (2024). Exploring the processes of evidence-informed decision-making in applied sport psychology. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 36(3), 499–518. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2023.2286950

Reference 2: Wadey, R., & Day, M. (2022). Challenging the status quo of sport injury psychology to advance theory, research, and applied practice: An epilogue to a special issue. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(5), 1029–1036.

Reference 3: van Iperen, L. P., de Jonge, J., Gevers, J. M. P., Vos, S. B., & Hespanhol, L. (2022). Is self-regulation key in reducing running-related injuries and chronic fatigue? A randomized controlled trial among long-distance runners. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 34(5), 983–1010.

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