Climbing towards recovery: Investigating physically injured combat veterans' psychosocial response to scaling Mt. Kilimanjaro

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 732-739

  Burke, S M ^a   Utley, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Physical trauma; Post injury recovery; Psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VETERAN; WAR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875935750     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.707743     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Gawande A. Casualties of war-military care for the wounded from Iraq and Afghanistan. N Engl J Med 2004;351:2471-2475.
2. Isaacson BM, Stinstra JG, MacLeod RS, Webster JB, Beck JP, Bloebaum RD. Bioelectric analyses of an osseointegrated intelligent implant design system for amputees. J Vis Exp 2009;1-6.
3. Ramasamy A, Hill AM, Clasper JC. Improvised explosive devices: pathophysiology, injury profiles and current medical management. J R Army Med Corps 2009;155:265-272.
4. Hoge CW, Castro CA, Messer SC, McGurk D, Cotting DI, Koffman RL. Combat duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, mental health problems, and barriers to care. N Engl J Med 2004;351:13-22.
5. Litz BT. Research on the impact of military trauma: Current Tent status and future directions. Military Psychol 2007;9:217-238.
6. Michaels AJ, Michaels CE, Moon CH, Smith JS, Zimmerman MA, Taheri PA, Peterson C. Posttraumatic stress disorder: impact on general health outcome and early risk assessment. J Trauma 1999;47:460-467.
7. Richmond TS, Thompson HJ, Deatrick JA, Kauder DR. Journey towards recovery following physical trauma. J Adv Nurs 2000;32:1341-1347.
8. Bonanno GA. Loss, trauma, and human resilience: have we underestimated the human capacity to thrive after extremely aversive events? Am Psychol 2004;59:20-28.
9. Bonanno GA, Galea S, Bucciarelli A, Vlahov D. What predicts psychological resilience after disaster? The role of demographics, resources, and life stress. J Consult Clin Psychol 2007;75:671-682.
10. Deegan PE. Recovery: The lived experience of rehabilitation. Psychosoc Rehabil J 1988; 9:11-19.
11. Gilboa D. Long-term psychosocial adjustment after burn injury. Burns 2001;27:335-341.
12. Norris FH. Screening for traumatic stress: A scale of use in the general population. J Applied Soc Psychol 1990;20:1704-1718.
13. Quale AJ, Schanke AK. Resilience in the face of coping with a severe physical injury: a study of trajectories of adjustment in a rehabilitation setting. Rehabil Psychol 2010;55:12-22.
14. Bonanno GA, Galea S, Bucciarelli A, Vlahov D. What predicts psychological resilience after disaster? The role of demographics, resources, and life stress. J Consulting Clin Psychol 2007; 75: 671-682.
15. Bonanno GA, Brewin CR, Kaniasty K, La Greca AM. The parameters of disaster: consequences, risks, and resilience in individuals, families, communities, and society. Psychol Sci Public Interest 2010;11:1-49.
16. Ryan RM, Deci EL. Self-determination theory and the facilitation of intrinsic motivation, social development, and well-being. Am Psychol 2000;55:68-78.
17. Ralph RO. Recovery. Psychiatric Rehabil Skills 2000;4:480-517.
18. Vallerand RJ. Toward a hierarchical model of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In: Zanna MP Ed. Advances in experimental social psychology. New York: Academic Press; 1997. pp 271-360.
19. Whiting PP, Bradley LJ, Moody EE, Wheat LS. Care of war wounded: Counseling considerations. In: Walz GR, Bleuer JC, Yep RK Eds. Ideas and Research You Can Use: VISTAS. Alexandria, VA: Counseling Outfitters, LLC & American Counseling Association; 2010. pp 1-11.
20. Burke SM, Sabiston CM. The meaning of the mountain: Exploring breast cancer survivors' lived experiences of subjective well-being during a climb on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Qual Res Sport Exerc Health 2010;2: 1-16.
21. Sabiston CM, Brunet J, Kowalski KC, Wilson PM, Mack DE, Crocker PR. The role of body-related self-conscious emotions in motivating women's physical activity. J Sport Exerc Psychol 2010;32:417-437.
22. Frutiger RC, Bilat C, Rosso R et al. J Trauma 1991;31:1216-1226.
23. Richmond TS, Kauder D, Schwab CW. A prospective study of predictors of disability at 3 months after non-central nervous system trauma. J Trauma 1998;44:635-42; discussion 643.
24. Gallagher SA, Hackett PH. High-altitude illness. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2004;22:329-55, viii.
25. Stake R. Qualitative case studies. In: Denzin NK, Lincoln YS, Eds. The Sage handbook of qualitative research 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage; 2005. pp 433-466.
26. Wolcott HF. The art of fieldwork. Plymouth UK: Altamira Press; 2005.
27. Stake RE. Multiple Case Study Analysis. New York: Guilford Press; 2006.
28. Sparkes AC, Smith B. Judging the quality of qualitative inquiry: Criteriology and relativism in action. Res Qual Sport Exerc Psychol 2009; 491-497.
29. Creswell JW. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design Choosing Among Five Traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 1998.
30. Carver CS, Scheier MF, Weintraub JK. Assessing coping strategies: a theoretically based approach. J Pers Soc Psychol 1989;56:267-283.
31. Uchino B. Understanding the links between social support and physical health: A life-span perspective with emphasis on the separability of perceived and received support. Perspect Psychol Sci 2009; 4: 236-255.
32. Stocks M. In the eye of the beholder. Psychiatric Rehabil J 1995; 19:89-91.
33. Deci EL, Ryan RM. Self-determination research: Reflections and future directions. In: Deci EL, Ryan RM, Eds. Handbook of self-determination research. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press; 2002. pp 431-441.
34. Edmunds J, Ntoumanis N, Duda JLD. A test of self-determination theory in the exercise domain. J Appl Soc Psychol 2006; 36:2240-2265.
35. Ingledew DK, Markland D, Ferguson E. Three levels of exercise motivation. Appl Psychol: Health Well-Being 2009; 1:336-355.
36. Mullen E, Markland D. Variations in self-determination across the stages of change for exercise in adults. Mot Emotion 1997;21:349-362.
37. Rose E, Parfitt G, Williams G. Exercise causality orientations, behavioral regulation for exercise and stage of change for exercise: Exploring their relationships. Psychol Sport Exer 2005;6:399-414.
38. Standage M, Sebire SJ, Loney T. Does exercise motivation predict engagement in objectively assessed bouts of moderate-intensity exercise? A selfdetermination theory perspective. J Sport Exerc Psychol 2008;30:337-352.
39. Thøgersen-Ntoumani C, Ntoumanis N. The role of self-determined motivation in the understanding of exercise-related behaviours, cognitions and physical self-evaluations. J Sports Sci 2006;24:393-404.
40. Wilson PM, Mack DE, Grattan KP. Understanding motivation for exercise: A self-determination theory perspective. Canadian Psychol 2008; 49: 250-256.
41. Wilson PM, Rodgers WM. The relationship between perceived autonomy support, exercise regulations and behavioral intentions in women. Psychol Sport Exer 2004; 5:229-242.
42. Wininger SR. Self-determination theory and exercise behavior: An examination of the psychometric properties of the exercise motivation scale. J Appl Sport Psychol 2007;19:471-486.
43. Ramírez-Maestre C, Esteve R, López AE. The role of optimism and pessimism in chronic pain patients adjustment. Span J Psychol 2012;15:286-294.
44. Knowles RT. Human development and human possibility: Erikson in the light of Heidegger. Lanham: University Press of America; 1986.
45. Herman J. Trauma and Recovery. New York: Basic Books; 1997.
46. Martz E. Trauma rehabilitation after war and conflict: Community and individual perspectives. New York: Springer; 2010.
47. Nixon II H. Social pressure, social support, and help seeking for pain and injuries in college sports networks. J Sport Soc Issues 1994;18: 340-355.
48. Wilkerson M, Dodder RA. Collective Conscience and Sport in Modern Society: An Empirical Test of a Model. J Leisure Res 1987;19: 35-40.
49. Murphy MH, Blair SN, Murtagh EM. Accumulated versus continuous exercise for health benefit: a review of empirical studies. Sports Med 2009;39:29-43.
50. Hassett LM, Tate RL, Moseley AM, Gillett LE. Injury severity, age and pre-injury exercise history predict adherence to a home-based exercise programme in adults with traumatic brain injury. Brain Inj 2011;25:689-706.
51. van der Weel FR, van der Meer AL, Lee DN. Effect of task on movement control in cerebral palsy: implications for assessment and therapy. Dev Med Child Neurol 1991;33:419-426.