A preliminary development of the Re-Injury Anxiety Inventory (RIAI).
OBJECTIVE
The present paper outlines the initial development of an instrument to measure re-injury anxiety.


METHODS
Face, content and factorial validity were examined over three stages of exploratory factor analyses.


METHODS
248 injured sport participants completed the scale.


RESULTS
A 28-item measure was produced to measure re-injury anxiety, comprising of two factors: re-injury anxieties regarding rehabilitation (RIA-R: 15 items) and re-injury anxieties regarding returning to training/competition (RIA-RE: 13 items). These two factors accounted for 80.56% of the total variance. The internal consistency for both factors was above the .70 criterion value; rehabilitation re-injury anxiety (alpha=.98); re-entry into competition re-injury anxiety (alpha=.96).


CONCLUSIONS
Future research needs to test the proposed 2-factor model presented in the current research using confirmatory factor analysis.
University of Northampton, Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN2 7AL, United Kingdom. natalie.walker@northampton.ac.uk
Natalie
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Walker
Joanne
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Thatcher
David
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Lavallee
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001265:Athletic Injuries; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D012008:Recurrence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult