A preliminary development of the Re-Injury Anxiety Inventory (RIAI)

Natalie Walker; Joanne Thatcher; David Lavallee

doi:10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.09.003

A preliminary development of the Re-Injury Anxiety Inventory (RIAI)

Natalie Walker^*, Joanne Thatcher, David Lavallee

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Abstract

Objectives: The present paper outlines the initial development of an instrument to measure re-injury anxiety.

Methods: Face, content and factorial validity were examined over three stages of exploratory factor analyses.

Participants: 248 injured sport participants completed the scale.

Results: A 28-item measure was produced to measure re-injury anxiety, comprising of two factors: re-injury anxieties regarding rehabilitation (RIA-R: 15 items) and re-injury anxieties regarding returning to training/competition (RIA-RE: 13 items). These two factors accounted for 80.56% of the total variance. The internal consistency for both factors was above the .70 criterion value; rehabilitation re-injury anxiety (alpha = .98); re-entry into competition re-injury anxiety (alpha = .96).

Conclusions: Future research needs to test the proposed 2-factor model presented in the current research using confirmatory factor analysis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-29
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physical Therapy in Sport
Volume	11
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2009.09.003
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2010

Keywords

Re-injury anxiety
Fear of re-injury
Re-Injury Anxiety Inventory
Psychological assessment

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