ABSTRACT
We’ve all been there. We’ve come home with an innocent looking, brown cardboard box full of furniture parts and we’re confident that they should be simple enough to assemble. After all, you only need a single screwdriver to do it! Then we open the box, find the incomprehensible pictures that pass as instructions, and spend the rest of the day cursing and looking for pieces that we swear are missing. For most people, trying to understand a complex psychological theory results in much the same experience. There are all kinds of models and diagrams and, somehow, you’re expected to figure out how everything fits together. This chapter introduces the prominent psychological theories of sport injury in a simplified way, with clear descriptions and explanations. It provides the reader with a foundation from which to explore and interpret research findings, and suggests areas for future development in research and applied practice.
