Psychological conditions of accidents in physical education (PSYBUS)

Basic data for this project

Type of projectIndividual project
Duration at the University of Münster01/07/2003 - 01/07/2005

Description

Again and again, students hurt themselves in apparently unconspicous stituations during their physical education classes. These accidents mostly occur in sport games when students try to practice easy tasks in different situations of the game. Moreover, most of these students are motivated during class. When asked about the reasons for the accidents, teachers often refer to the mistakes of the students like a lack of concentration. Up to now, research primarily dealt with the external basic conditions. This approach implies a direct comparison with students that did not injure themselves and their behavior directly before the accident.

Keywordsaccident; physical education; psychological conditions
Website of the projecthttp://www.uni-muenster.de/Sportpsychologie/forschen/unfaelle_im_sportunterricht.html
Funder / funding scheme
  • Unfallkasse Nordrhein-Westfalen (UK NRW)

Project management at the University of Münster

Strauß, Bernd
Professorship for Sport Psychology (Prof. Strauß)
Tietjens, Maike
Professorship for Sport Psychology (Prof. Strauß)

Applicants from the University of Münster

Strauß, Bernd
Professorship for Sport Psychology (Prof. Strauß)
Tietjens, Maike
Professorship for Sport Psychology (Prof. Strauß)

Research associates from the University of Münster

Halberschmidt, Barbara
Professorship for Sport Psychology (Prof. Strauß)

Project partners outside the University of Münster

  • Gemeindeunfallversicherungsverband Westfalen-Lippe (GUVV)Germany