RT Journal Article
T1 Pain catastrophizing related to psychological inflexibility, self-reported injuries and perfectionism in soccer referees
A1 Arbinaga, Félix
AB Purpose This study aimed to analyze how psychological fexibility, perfectionism, and reported injuries are related to paincatastrophizing in soccer referees.Methods Design: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: Data were collected online from 199 soccer referees.Pain catastrophizing was assessed with the Pain Catastrophizing Scale, psychological infexibility with the Acceptance andAction Questionnaire, and perfectionism with the Frost Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Data were also gathered onother injury-related variables.Results Referees with medium–high scores on psychological infexibility showed greater pain catastrophizing (t=5.322,P<0.001), rumination (t=4.004, P<0.001), helplessness (t=5.023, P<0.001) and magnifcation (t=5.590, P<0.001)than those with low scores. Psychological infexibility emerged as a signifcant predictor of catastrophizing (β=0.313,P=0.006). A slight relationship was found between perfectionism and catastrophizing. For all subscales, the referees whoreported mild–moderate injuries in the last three seasons showed greater pain catastrophizing, while those with severe injuriesobtained higher scores on all dimensions of catastrophizing except magnifcation. Finally, those who reported severe injuriesonly obtained higher scores on rumination and helplessness.Conclusion These results provide a better understanding of the variables that infuence pain perception. Possible interventionsare suggested based on the observation that greater psychological fexibility was associated with lower pain catastrophizing,with the specifc features of the latter depending on the presence and severity of the injury
PB Springer
SN 2096-6709
SN 2662-1371 (electrónico)
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22953
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22953
LA eng
NO Arbinaga, F. Pain Catastrophizing Related to Psychological Inflexibility, Self-Reported Injuries and Perfectionism in Soccer Referees. J. of SCI. IN SPORT AND EXERCISE 7, 84–96 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42978-023-00234-z
NO Funding for open access publishing: Universidad de Huelva/ CBUA.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 31 may 2026