Abstract
Purpose: The aim of the study was to compare athletes’ identity and sport motivation and the relationship between them in athletes with and without a history of musculoskeletal injuries.
Methods: The research was applied and causal-comparative. 120 professional and semi-professional athletes of different sports fields participated in this research. 77 of them had a history of musculoskeletal injury. Sampling was convenience and purposeful. The revised sports motivation scale (SMS-II) by P. Littier et al. (2013) and the sports identity scale (AIMS) by Brewer et al. were used to measure the motivation and athletes’ identity of athletes. Data were analyzed with independent t-test.
Results: Sports identity was significantly lower in the group with a history of injury than in the group without a history of injury, but there was no difference in sports motivation between the two groups.
Conclusion: Therefore, it is recommended to consider changes in athletes’ identity and sport motivation as an effective factor on self-concept in psychological rehabilitation programs after injury.
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