Psychological Sciences, 1100 S. Beaver Street, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Psychological Sciences, 1100 S. Beaver Street, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA; W.A. Franke College of Business, 101 E. McConnell, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA.
Musculoskelet Sci Pract. 2019 Jul;42:186-192. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2019.04.003. Epub 2019 Apr 11.
Understanding concussed athletes' motivations for reporting concussion symptoms is important for health care professionals who are charged with the care, management, and prevention of future injury.
To examine if athletic and academic identity predict concussion symptom reporting intentions above and beyond traditional socio-cognitive predictors.
Cross-sectional study using self-report measures during the 2016 collegiate football season.
In a sample of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I American football athletes (N = 205) we examined the relationship of athletic and academic identity with three indices of symptom reporting behavior: reporting during a game, reporting 24 h after a game, and reporting on behalf of a teammate. We used descriptive statistical analyses, correlations, and linear regression to examine hypotheses.
Controlling for traditional predictors, athletic identity was associated with a lower likelihood to report symptoms during a game (β = -0.22, t = -3.28, p < .001) or within 24 h (β = -0.28, t = -4.12, p < .001). Academic identity was positively associated with reporting intentions during a game (β = 0.12, t = 1.68, p < .05), 24 h later (β = 0.13, t = 1.85, p < .05), and on behalf of a teammate (β = 0.22, t = -3.36, p < .001).
Athletic and academic identities offer additional insight into athletes' motivation for concussion symptom reporting intentions, above and beyond traditional socio-cognitive predictors. Discussion focuses on the benefit of incorporating these important self-identities into educational health interventions to improve their impact.
了解患有脑震荡的运动员报告脑震荡症状的动机对于负责照顾、管理和预防未来受伤的医护人员非常重要。
研究运动和学业身份是否可以预测脑震荡症状报告意向,超越传统的社会认知预测因素。
2016 年大学橄榄球赛季期间使用自我报告措施进行的横断面研究。
在一项美国全国大学体育协会(NCAA)一级美式足球运动员(N=205)的样本中,我们研究了运动和学业身份与三种症状报告行为指标的关系:在比赛中报告、在比赛后 24 小时内报告和代表队友报告。我们使用描述性统计分析、相关性和线性回归来检验假设。
在控制传统预测因素后,运动身份与在比赛中(β=-0.22,t=-3.28,p<0.001)或 24 小时内(β=-0.28,t=-4.12,p<0.001)报告症状的可能性较低相关。学业身份与比赛中(β=0.12,t=1.68,p<0.05)、24 小时后(β=0.13,t=1.85,p<0.05)和代表队友报告的意向呈正相关(β=0.22,t=-3.36,p<0.001)。
运动和学业身份为运动员报告脑震荡症状意向的动机提供了额外的见解,超越了传统的社会认知预测因素。讨论重点是将这些重要的自我认同纳入教育健康干预措施以提高其影响力的好处。