Publication Date
2026
Presentation Length
Poster/Gallery presentation
College
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Department
Mental Health Counseling, School of
Student Level
Graduate
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Mitchell Waters
Metadata/Fulltext
Metadata ONLY
Presentation Type
Poster
Summary
Sport injury-related growth (SIRG) describes an athlete’s perceived psychological benefits from a sport injury. The present study examines a sample of 54 collegiate athletes who have sustained a sport-related injury and their perceived SIRG. Expanding upon previous literature, this study compares internal and external resources as predictors of SIRG– specifically, athletic identity and spiritual well-being, and social support. Preliminary subscale analyses isolated existential well-being (EWB) and the social identity (SI) dimension of athletic identity as the internal resources. Subsequent regressions confirmed EWB, SI, and social support as predictors of SIRG. Exploratory subgroup and moderation analyses revealed that gender moderated the internal variables, with EWB and SI functioning as internal predictors of SIRG among female athletes. Conversely, gender did not moderate the impact of social support, suggesting that its impact is universal. A mediation model revealed that the difference in the use of social support fully mediated the relationship between gender and SIRG. Findings suggest demographically conditional pathways to SIRG and invite mental health and sport professionals to consider psychosocial and existential integration into sport-injury recovery.
Recommended Citation
Bryant, Amilya J., "The Conditional Effects of Gender on Predictors of Sport Injury-Related Growth" (2026). SPARK Symposium Presentations. 959.
https://repository.belmont.edu/spark_presentations/959
