TYPE A bEHAVIOR PATTERN AND SPORTS INJURIES.
- Author:
TAKASHI NIGORIKAWA
;
KAZUO OISHI
;
MICHIO YASUKAWA
;
MAMI KAMIMURA
;
MITSUYOSHI MURAYAMA
;
NOBUAKI TANAKA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Type A behavior pattern;
Sports injury;
KG's Daily Life Questionnaire
- From:Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
2003;52(4):359-367
- CountryJapan
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
This study was designed to investigate the relationships between the tendencies toward Type A behavior pattern (TABP) and sports injuries. A total of 2164 (1631 males and 533 females) athletes from several colleges in Japan, volunteered for this study. They were divided into two groups ; an injury group and a non-injury group. KG's Daily Life Questionnaire was used to investigate the tendency of TABP. Our hypothesis was that Type A individuals showed higher occurrences of sports injury than Type B individuals. Most of the results in this study supported our hypothesis. To put it concretely, the injury group showed higher TABP tendency than the non-injury group. And the higher TABP score group showed higher occurrence of injury experiences than those of low score group. Therefore, there was a possibility that TABP tendency of athletes might be one of the informations to prevent sports injuries.
