Maria's Injury Case Study

The core of the model of stress and Maria’s injury is the stress response (combination of stress history, personality factors and coping resources) (Horn , 2008). The model indicates that when Maria experienced stressful stiffness before warm up and not seeing the tackle coming, made the cognitive appraisals of the demands of the situation (Evans & Hardy, 1995). Maria perceived that the demands of the situation was greater than their resources and the consequences of failing to meet the demands were terrible for example she was only required to the training once a week which might have led to stress response. In Maria’s case she did not no recollection of even seeing the tackle that caused her knee injury therefore she did not detect the important peripheral visual cues that would alert her of being in harm’s way. Most study involving stress responsibility and attention changes
Maria felt muscle tension due to stress which was an obvious response that might prompt her to injury Horn , (2008), Horn suggested that muscle tension leads to uncoordinated movements, increased fatigue and awkward landings especially in prolonged matches meaning that performance of antagonistic and agnostic muscles fighting each other might have led to maria’s muscle strains and sprains but when Williams & Andersen, (1998) examined stress and muscle tension, he did not find a positive correlation or connection between stress and muscle tension. In comparison of modes of stress, Kanner , et al., (1981) major life events for example buying of a house increase minor problems and hassles as it results in range of demands and thoughts being transferred, it could be minor but still considered chronic daily hassle to Maria therefore, chronic stressors exerted daily distruction to