title: The effects of psychological factors in sports medicine rehabilitation adherence.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lampton
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lambert
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yost
mesh_terms: D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010349:Patient Compliance; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D012649:Self Concept; D013178:Sports Medicine; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*