Discuss athlete response to chronic injury.

Refer to the paper 2 assessment criteria when awarding marks.

The command term “discuss” requires candidates to offer a considered review of athlete response to chronic injury.

Research with regard to chronic injury may include, but is not limited to:
• Kubler-Ross’s model of rehabilitation (and related research such as Hardy and Crace, 1990; Brewer, 1994)
• coping in a “culture of risk” (for example, Nixon, 1992)
• identity loss in response to injury (for example, Petipas and Danish, 1995)
• avoidance coping (for example, Shuer et al., 1997)
• information-processing model of injury response (for example, Udry et al., 1997)
• cognitive appraisal model and coping (for example, Wiese-Bjornstall, 1998)

Discussion may include, but is not limited to:
• cultural considerations
• gender considerations
• ethical considerations of continued performance after injury
• contrary and/or supporting findings or explanations
• methodological considerations.

If a candidate addresses only the issue of chronic injury without linking it to athlete response, the answer should be awarded up to a maximum of [4] for criterion A, knowledge and comprehension, up to a maximum of [5] for criterion B, critical thinking, and up to a maximum of [2] for criterion C, organization.