TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Relationship of athletic and academic identity to concussion reporting intentions
JO  - Musculoskeletal science and practice
A1  - Wayment, Heidi A.
A1  - Huffman, Ann H.
A1  - Lane, Taylor S.
A1  - Lininger, Monica R.
SP  - 186
EP  - 192
VL  - 42
IS  - 
N2  - 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. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: To examine if athletic and academic identity predict concussion symptom reporting intentions above and beyond traditional socio-cognitive predictors. <br><br>DESIGN: Cross-sectional study using self-report measures during the 2016 collegiate football season. <br><br>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. <br><br>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). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Athletic and academic identities offer additional insight into athletes' motivation for concussion symptom reporting intentions, above and beyond traditional socio-cognitive predictors. <br><br>DISCUSSION focuses on the benefit of incorporating these important self-identities into educational health interventions to improve their impact.<br><br>Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2468-8630
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2019.04.003
ID  - ref1
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