"I was devastated… sport is like an addiction nearly": a qualitative study examining young athletes' experiences with injury in sport.

ABSTRACT: Despite the developmental benefits of sport in adolescence, injury is common and can have a profound impact beyond just physical symptoms. This qualitative study aims to explore the lived experiences of adolescent athletes with sports- related injury in Ireland. This was a qualitative study using one-on-one semi-structured interviews and a phenomenology method. Twenty-one secondary school students from across the Island of Ireland aged 15-18 years who had experienced a sports-related injury within the last 2 years agreed to take part. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyse the collected data. Seventeen adolescents (eight female, mean age 16.2 (range 15-18) years) from five different sports were included for analysis. Predominantly negative experiences were described with four over

SUBMITTER: Summersby R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12574393 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature