{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]],"date-time":"2026-08-07T16:49:25Z","timestamp":1786121365361,"version":"build-2736575974"},"reference-count":35,"publisher":"Frontiers Media SA","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]],"date-time":"2026-08-07T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1786060800000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["frontiersin.org"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Front. Psychol."],"abstract":"\n Purpose<\/jats:title>\n This study aimed to investigate psychological need frustration as a predictor of sport injury anxiety among HIFT athletes, and to examine the roles of demographic and training-related variables in injury-related anxiety.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n \n A cross-sectional research design was employed. The sample consisted of 100 volunteer adult High-Intensity Functional Training participants from T\u00fcrkiye (66 males, 34 females; age\u202f=\u202f30.30\u202f\u00b1\u202f6.75\u202fyears). Data were collected using the Sport Injury Anxiety Scale (SIAS) and the Basic Psychological Needs in Sport Scale (BPNSS). Independent-samples\n t<\/jats:italic>\n -tests, one-way analyses of variance (ANOVA), Pearson correlation analyses, and standard multiple linear regression analyses were performed.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Overall sport injury anxiety was found to be below the midpoint of the scale (\n M<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f2.23, SD\u202f=\u202f0.59). Reinjury anxiety demonstrated the highest mean score (\n M<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f3.02, SD\u202f=\u202f1.09), whereas loss of social support anxiety showed the lowest mean score (\n M<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f1.48, SD\u202f=\u202f0.69). Correlation analyses revealed significant positive associations between sport injury anxiety and autonomy frustration (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.32,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.001), competence frustration (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.29,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.003), and relatedness frustration (\n r<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.38,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001). In contrast, no significant relationships were observed between sport injury anxiety and any of the psychological need satisfaction dimensions (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&gt;\u202f0.05). Female participants reported significantly higher pain-related anxiety than male participants (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.041,\n d<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.44, women\u202f&gt;\u202fmen). Married participants demonstrated significantly lower overall injury anxiety than unmarried\/widowed participants (\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001,\n d<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.83). Regression analyses identified age (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f\u22120.21,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.037), sex (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.26,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.011), marital status (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.24,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.013), and relatedness frustration (\n \u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.34,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f=\u202f0.017) as significant predictors of sport injury anxiety. The model explained 31.8% of the variance in sport injury anxiety (\n R<\/jats:italic>\n 2<\/jats:sup>\n \u202f=\u202f0.318,\n F<\/jats:italic>\n (7, 92)\u202f=\u202f6.14,\n p<\/jats:italic>\n \u202f&lt;\u202f0.001).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n These findings extend SDT to the sport injury anxiety domain by demonstrating that need frustration, particularly relatedness frustration, constitutes a significant and independent psychological risk factor for injury-related concerns in HIFT participants.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpsyg.2026.1902192","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]],"date-time":"2026-08-07T04:22:31Z","timestamp":1786076551000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Beyond need satisfaction: the role of psychological need frustration in sport injury anxiety among High-Intensity Functional Training participants"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Umutcan","family":"Bozku\u015f","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education and Sports, Institute of Health Sciences, Gaziantep University","place":["Gaziantep, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zarife","family":"Pancar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sports Science, Gaziantep University","place":["Gaziantep, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Burak","family":"Karaca","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education and Sports, Institute of Health Sciences, Gaziantep University","place":["Gaziantep, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammed Kaan","family":"Darendeli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education and Sports, Institute of Health Sciences, Gaziantep University","place":["Gaziantep, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mustafa Sencer","family":"Ulema","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education and Sports, Institute of Health Sciences, Gaziantep University","place":["Gaziantep, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nursel","family":"\u00dcne\u015fi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Education and Sports, Institute of Health Sciences, Gaziantep University","place":["Gaziantep, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1696","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19031696","article-title":"Psychometric assessment of the need satisfaction and frustration scale with professional Romanian athletes","volume":"19","author":"Alexe","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int. 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