Can Written Disclosure Reduce Psychological Distress and Increase Objectively Measured Injury Mobility of Student-Athletes? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

(a) Categorical data

Variable	%
Gender
Men	58.7
Women	41.3
Locus of injury
Knee	48.8
Ankle	30.2
Lower leg	11.6
Shoulder	7.0
Back	2.3
Adherence
None	6.5
60%	6.5
80%	21.7
100%	65.2

(b) Continuous data (baseline)

Variable	Mean	SD
Age	21.5	2.9
AIMS	31.2	5.6
Mood—a	27.1	4.3
Mood—b	27.3	4.4
Depressive symptoms	20.8	3.7
RAI-R	15.5	8.1
RAI-RE	22.5	9.1
Mobility	30.1	14.1

Note. AIMS: athletic identity measurement scale; Mood—a: positive emotion; Mood—b: negative emotion; RAI-R: reinjury anxiety in rehabilitation; RAI-RE: reinjury anxiety reentry into competition.