Athletic Directors' Barriers to Hiring Athletic Trainers in High Schools

Athletic Trainers in Connecticut Schools a Must.

High School and middle schools sports programs in Connecticut provide a tremendous opportunity for young people to grow both physical and mentally. Participation in the right program with a coach that sees the student-athlete as a developing young person is fundamental to the growth and maturity of our young people. However, even with the right coaching and the best equipment, there is always a...

Presence of Athletic Trainers in Michigan High Schools

Context: Each year an estimated 1.4 million sports related injuries occur annually to student-athletes at the high school level. It has been over 20 years since a systematic investigation into the presence of athletic trainers to treat these injuries in the state of Michigan has been conducted. Within the past 5 years in Michigan, licensure as well as several laws and regulations have been enac...

Psychosocial aspects of athletic injuries as perceived by athletic trainers.

CONTEXT Despite the Psychosocial Strategies and Referral content area, athletic trainers (ATs) generally lack confidence in their ability to use this information. OBJECTIVE The current study's primary purpose was to determine (a) perceived psychological responses and coping behaviors athletes may present to ATs, (b) psychosocial strategies ATs currently use with their athletes, (c) psychosoci...

Stress and Burnout in Female High School Athletic Directors

In the current study we examined the relationships between stress pre­ dictors, stress, and burnout in female high school athletic directors (N = 52). Significant negative correlations between stress and hardiness and between stress and number of social support providers were found. Significant positive correlations between stress and time concerns, per­ sonnel concerns, and program success (e....

Evaluating the “industrial Athlete” Utilizing Athletic Trainers