Abstract:
Sport injuries threaten athletes’ career and success and determine rehabilitation costs. The purpose of this paper is to underline the psychological effects of sports injury and the efficiency of cognitive-behavioral therapy in rehabilitation process of the injured athletes. In a study concerning the psychological aspects of sport-injury rehabilitation, Brewer (2003) concluded that psychological factors play an integral role in the recovery and rehabilitation from sport injury.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is aimed to educate people to change their philosophy of life, to think rationally in order to cope effectively with negative mental states.
Citation:
Bratu, Mircea and Rizeanu, Radu Emanuel, The Efficiency of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in Rehabilitation Process of the Injured Athletes - A Review (February 2, 2018). Romanian Journal of Psychological Studies (RJPS), Volume 6, Issue 1, February-2018 . Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3202367