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Clinical Psychology and Special Education
2025. Vol. 14, no. 3, 184–199
doi:10.17759/cpse.2025140312
ISSN: 2304-0394 (online)

Modification of the Russian-language version of the “Illness Perception Questionnaire” for assessing athletes’ attitudes towards injury

 
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Abstract

Background. Implementing an effective rehabilitation program requires consideration of not only the athlete’s physiological state but also their psychological well-being, which is strengthened through psychological rehabilitation and depends on a number of factors. An adequate perception of the injury determines the athlete’s overall well-being during rehabilitation and influences the recovery process. It is therefore important to understand exactly how the athlete perceives the sustained injury and the rehabilitation process. Objective: To examine the psychometric properties of the modified Russian-language version of the “Illness Perception Questionnaire” for studying athletes’ attitudes towards injury. Sample. The study involved 279 injured athletes aged 16 to 41 years (mean age 19.3 years, standard deviation 17.6). Results. It was shown that the questionnaire scales from the “Illness Perceptions” section demonstrated sufficient internal consistency reliability for the entire sample: “Timeline” — 0.783; “Timeline Cyclical” — 0.77; “Consequences” — 0.667; “Personal Control” — 0.638; “Treatment Control” — 0.695; “Illness Coherence” — 0.814; “Emotional Representations” — 0.797. Two scales from the “Causes of Injury” section showed acceptable internal consistency reliability, namely the “Emotional Causes” scale (0.712) and the “External Causes” scale (0.737). The “Personal Causes” scale (0.403) demonstrated internal consistency reliability that is unacceptable for research purposes. Conclusion. Thus, the modified “Illness Perception Questionnaire” has a sufficient level of internal consistency reliability in the “Illness Perceptions” section. This section can be used in studies investigating the impact of sports injuries on athletes. For the “Causes of Injury” section, low internal consistency reliability was found, indicating a need to revise the corresponding questions.

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Keywords: sports injury, perceptions of injury, causes of injury, injured athlete, illness perception questionnaire, attitudes towards sports injury, modification of the questionnaire, sport psychology

Journal rubric: Methods and Techniques

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2025140312

Funding. The study was supported by The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (the research project 075-15-2024-526).

Received 25.09.2024

Revised 19.05.2025

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For citation: Leonov, S.V., Yakushina, A.A., Rasskazova, E.I., Yavorovskaya, A.D., Bespalov, B.I. (2025). Modification of the Russian-language version of the “Illness Perception Questionnaire” for assessing athletes’ attitudes towards injury. Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 14(3), 184–199. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2025140312

© Leonov S.V., Yakushina A.A., Rasskazova E.I., Yavorovskaya A.D., Bespalov B.I., 2025

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Information About the Authors

Sergey V. Leonov, Candidate of Science (Psychology), associate professor, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Psychology of Childhood and Digital Socialization, Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8883-9649, e-mail: svleonov@gmail.com

Anastasia A. Yakushina, Researcher, Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research, Lecturer, Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology ,Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4968-336X, e-mail: anastasia.ya.au@yandex.ru

Elena I. Rasskazova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Neuro- and Patopsychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Senior Researcher,Mental Health Research Center, Senior Researcher, International Laboratory of Positive Psychology of Personality and Motivation, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9648-5238, e-mail: e.i.rasskazova@gmail.com

Anastasia D. Yavorovskaya, Postgraduate Student, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4108-9675, e-mail: yavorovskaya97@gmail.com

Boris I. Bespalov, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Senior Researcher, Department of Psychology of Labor and Engineering Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-4454, e-mail: bespalovb@mail.ru

Contribution of the authors

Sergey V. Leonov — research conceptualization; study design; research supervision; manuscript writing.

Anastasia A. Yakushina — study design; data collection and analysis; manuscript writing and editing.

Elena I. Rasskazova — research conceptualization; application of statistical analytical techniques.

Anastasia D. Yavorovskaya — data collection and analysis; manuscript writing and editing.

Boris I. Bespalov — application of statistical analytical techniques.

All authors participated in the discussion of the results and agreed on the final text of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics statement

The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal Scientific Center for Psychological and Interdisciplinary Research (Approval Notice No. 9, dated April 16, 2024).

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