Exploring Predictors of Moral Disengagement in Collegiate Athletic Trainers.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings advance our understanding of the psychological processes that may predict moral disengagement of ATs in allowing student-athletes to play through injury. Although additional research is needed to test whether moral disengagement influences return-to-play decisions, we provide initial evidence that ATs who conform to sport norms (eg, "no pain, no gain") and who tend to view sport competition with a "war-like" orientation are more likely to morally disengage.
PMID: 31714851 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: J Athl Train - November 11, 2019 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Budziszewski R, Graupensperger SA, Vierimaa M Tags: J Athl Train Source Type: research