Kroshus Emily, Baugh Christine M, Hawrilenko Matthew J, Daneshvar Daniel H
Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, 221 Columbus Avenue, Boston, MA, 02116, USA,
Ann Behav Med. 2015 Aug;49(4):532-41. doi: 10.1007/s12160-014-9683-y.
Communication between coaches and athletes about concussion safety can reinforce or undermine a sport culture in which concussion under-reporting is often endemic.
This study tested a model in which self-reported coach communication about concussion safety was predicted by factors including concussion knowledge, attitudes and beliefs, sex of the coach, and sex of the team coached. Participants were 997 coaches of contact and collision sports teams competing in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I, II, or III.
Concussion attitudes and beliefs were the strongest predictors of communication, and the small effect of knowledge on communication was transmitted nearly entirely through its effect on attitudes and beliefs. Much of the variability in communication was attributable to the sex of the coach and the sex of the team coached.
These results serve as a starting point for the design of coach-targeted interventions that encourage communication about health and safety with athletes.
教练与运动员之间关于脑震荡安全的沟通可能会强化或破坏一种运动文化，在这种文化中，脑震荡报告不足的情况往往很普遍。
本研究测试了一个模型，其中自我报告的教练关于脑震荡安全的沟通由多种因素预测，包括脑震荡知识、态度和信念、教练性别以及所执教团队的性别。参与者是997名参加美国国家大学体育协会第一、二或三级联赛的接触性和碰撞性运动队的教练。
脑震荡态度和信念是沟通的最强预测因素，知识对沟通的微小影响几乎完全通过其对态度和信念的影响来传递。沟通中的很大一部分差异可归因于教练的性别和所执教团队的性别。
这些结果为设计针对教练的干预措施提供了一个起点，这些措施鼓励与运动员就健康和安全问题进行沟通。
