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In this paper we analyse the state of the art regarding sports injuries from the Sport Psychology perspective. In the first section we introduce this concept, its definition, the most important variables (levels, causes, types) and the four models that explain the relationship between factors and vulnerability level to injury that is presented in table 1. In the second section, called "historical evolution in Spain", we make a record of the main research lines of different authors and groups in the field of sport psychology in Spain. Finally, in the third section the papers included in this monographic are introduced, being our contribution the first of them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Revista de Psicología del Deporte (The Journal of Sport Psychology) is analysed from a bibliometric point of view from 1992-2009. With 36 issues, 297 papers and 223 different authors as primary signatories, there is an average of 2.53 authors. As a lead author, the most productive is Dr. E. Garcés de Los Fayos, with a collaboration index of 73.87% of the papers. The University of Valencia is the most productive, followed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The references are updated on average every 8.5 years and the Price index is 33.99% . Lastly, the most articles have been published about football, with 11.5%, followed by basketball with 6.62% and tennis with 3.48%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we describe the Intervention Programme on Psychological Abilities in Refereeing (PIHPA) with the participation of soccer referees from the third division Valencia and Basque Association of Referees. The programme consisted of 8 group sessions, complemented by other individual initiatives, where the following skills were developed: motivation, emotional control, self-confidence, concentration, and communication. The aims were as follows: to familiarize the referees with basic psychological skills, to help them learn how to use them, apply them in their work, and improve on them. In their evaluation of the programme, the referees that took part showed a high degree of overall satisfaction, perceiving the course content to be useful in the long run and acknowledging the need to continue with this type of training in the future. In the paper, a discussion is made of the most relevant contributions and the difficulties that were encountered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]