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Affiliation
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Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, 208 E. Pine Knoll Drive, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. Electronic address: monica.lininger@nau.edu. |
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Abstract
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BACKGROUND: 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.
OBJECTIVES: To examine if athletic and academic identity predict concussion symptom reporting intentions above and beyond traditional socio-cognitive predictors.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using self-report measures during the 2016 collegiate football season.
METHOD: 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.
RESULTS: 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).
CONCLUSIONS: 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.
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