運動員在遭受運動傷害後，努力復健重返運動場是當務之急，受傷運動員除了身體必須承受疼痛之外，心理也會伴隨產生負面情緒，而社會支持與運動傷害之間的關係又是如何影響受傷運動員重返運動場呢？本研究目的旨在瞭解運動員自受傷後，乃至重返運動場的心理困擾和情緒反應，及其在復原期間得到的社會支持，進而探討這些社會支持對其重返運動場之影響。研究方法採質性研究，透過與十八名研究對象進行半結構式訪談蒐集資料，並偕同兩位研究同儕以歸納式內容分析法獨立分析後共同討論，據此「三角檢證法」作為研究資料之信度。研究結果發現，受傷運動員的心理困擾和情緒反應源自本身的否認、崩潰和無奈，以及教練的冷嘲熱諷和隊友的排擠，在復健期間他們擔憂復原速度緩慢，害怕因技戰術退步而失去團隊地位，隨著時間過去仍會選擇接受事實，期待未來比賽機會；而在復原期間會得到週遭人提供的情緒慰藉、自尊鼓勵、復健資訊和實質援助等社會支持。相反的，也會感受到過多、不足夠或不適當的社會支持而造成負面效應；至於受傷運動員能否成功或即時重返運動場的關鍵影響因素則在，周遭師長及親朋好友對其受傷後的負面行為反應和社會支持的負面效應。

　　It is a priority for injured athletes to pay efforts during recovery period in order to return to competition. They have to endure the physical pain as well as the negative emotions. Thus, how social support and sports injury related to each other; and how it affects the return to competition of an athlete? The present of the study was to understand the psychological distress and emotional reactions of the injured athletes in returning to competition, the social support they received during recovery period and further to explore how social support influences the return of injured athletes. The study used qualitative research method. According to the triangulation method as the research reliability, the study analyzed the data collected from eighteen semi-structured interviews with subjects and using inductive content analysis with two other peers. The results indicated that the psychological distress and emotional reactions of injured athletes derived from negation, break down and frustration itself and coaches’ sarcasm or push out by teammates. During the recovery period, they worried the recovery take too long result in regress in technique and tactics and losing their spot in the team. As time gone by, they still chose to accept the facts and look forward to the opportunities in the future. The injured athletes will receive emotional consolation, self-esteem encourage, rehabilitation information and tangible support from their surrounding during the recovery period. On the contrary, they also experience too much, not enough or inadequate social support and cause some negative effects. Finally, whether the injured athletes can back the competition in time and successfully or not, depends on negative behavioral responses and the negative effects of social support from coaches and teammates around them.