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Self-Determination In Injury Rehabilitation: Designing A Climate For Promoting Adherence, Ryan Mark Green
Self-Determination In Injury Rehabilitation: Designing A Climate For Promoting Adherence, Ryan Mark Green
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The purpose of this dissertation was to use self-determination as a theoretical framework to investigate factors that influence college athletes’ adherence to injury rehabilitation programs. A two-part study, quantitative and qualitative approaches were used to gain insight into athletes’ motivation and decisions that they make regarding their engagement in injury rehabilitation. The focus of the quantitative study was to investigate the relationships between personal autonomy, levels of self-determination, perceived autonomy support, and perceived competence in injury rehabilitation. Participants (N=193 college athletes) completed surveys in a retrospective design. Autonomy orientations were positively related to higher levels of self-determination and the perception …