Cognitive processing following acquired disability for para sport athletes: a serial mediation model
2019
Purpose: To understand the cognitive processing that occurs in relation to a disabling life event among
para sport athletes, as well as the role of para sport participation in shaping these cognitions, and subsequent
perceptions of posttraumatic growth or distress.
Methods: Participants were 75 para sport athletes with acquired disability. Serial multiple mediation analysis
was conducted to identify the various pathways through which posttraumatic growth or distress is
experienced.
Results: Findings suggested that a disabling event initiated challenges to one’s core beliefs which influenced
subsequent perceptions of posttraumatic growth and distress through cognitive processing at two
separate time frames. Moreover, the utility of deliberate rumination (at both time points) was evident in
experiencing posttraumatic growth, while intrusive rumination only appeared beneficial if it prompted
deliberate ruminations.
Conclusions: As several unique paths to posttraumatic growth were found, results suggest that a multitude
of paths to growth may be possible. Para sport participation may have utility in facilitating deliberate
ruminations and subsequent posttraumatic growth for those unable to deliberately ruminate in the
immediate disability aftermath.
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