Stress, Sport Anxiety, Neuroticism, and Coping in Student-Athletes: Implications for Patient Mental Health.

Context: Patients' mental health has been recognized as important in providing patient-centered care in athletic training.

Objective: To evaluate stress, sport anxiety, neuroticism, and coping in student-athletes.

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Certified athletic trainers' perspectives on rehabilitation adherence in collegiate athletic training settings.

Context: Adherence to sport-injury rehabilitation protocols may be pivotal in ensuring successful rehabilitation and return-to-play outcomes.

Objectives: To investigate athletic trainers' perspectives related to the degree to which rehabilitation adherence is an issue in collegiate athletic training settings, gain insight from certified athletic trainers regarding the factors contributing to rehabilitation nonadherence (underadherence and overadherence), and ascertain views on the most effective means for promoting adherence.

Design: Cross-sectional, mixed methods.

Psychosocial aspects of athletic injuries as perceived by athletic trainers.

Context: Despite the Psychosocial Strategies and Referral content area, athletic trainers (ATs) generally lack confidence in their ability to use this information.

Objective: The current study's primary purpose was to determine (a) perceived psychological responses and coping behaviors athletes may present to ATs, (b) psychosocial strategies ATs currently use with their athletes, (c) psychosocial strategies ATs deem important to learn more about, and (d) ATs' current practices in referring athletes to counseling or sport psychology services.

Design: Mixed-methods study.

Development of a measure of rehabilitation adherence for athletic training.

Context: Rehabilitation adherence is accepted as a critical component for attaining optimal outcomes. Poor adherence is recognized as a problem in the athletic training setting. Measurement has been inconsistent, and no measure has been developed for athletic training settings.