A tendency of emotional reaction in Athletic injury - The point aimed at gender gap-

In recent years, many problems related to sports injuries have been reported, among them suggestions of the tremendous burden and serious stress placed on an athlete' s psychology by receiving an injury. In addition to physical pain, pessimistic feelings of regret, anxiety, frustration, and inferiority occur, and occasionally render long term rehabilitation inevitable, ending an athlete' s lifestyle without being able to re- turn to competitive life. According to a report published by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (1996) , the incidence of sports injury among high school students is over 60%. However, a previously re- ported survey of female students at sports universities (2008) demonstrated that 90% of athletes had in fact experienced injury. Furthermore, the results of the Diagnostic Inventory for Mental Health Pattern revealed that nearly 30% of those who had experienced sports injury were of the "fatigue-type" demonstrating the ex- haustion stage of stress, while nearly 20% were of the "struggling-type" representing the stress resistance stage. If these stages are prolonged, they can impose a severe stress burden, affecting the efficacy of rehabili- tation and possibly delaying recovery. These findings show that while correct medical treatment should be received as a matter of course, it is also necessary to simultaneously consider reducing psychological stress in order to achieve early recovery for sports injury and a return to competition. Therefore, the present study aimed to clarify the effects of injury on athlete psychology and to establish basic data to achieve early recovery.