Examining Youth American Football Coaches’ Knowledge of, and Attitudes Toward, Sport Concussions

Autor:	Tiffanye M. Vargas, Mimi Nakajima, Jim Becker, Sean H. Kerr
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	030222 orthopedics 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine education Applied psychology American football 030229 sport sciences Psychology human activities
Zdroj:	International Sport Coaching Journal. 7:31-38
ISSN:	2328-9198 2328-918X
DOI:	10.1123/iscj.2018-0030
Popis:	The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine youth American football coaches and their knowledge of, and attitudes toward, sport concussions. Coaches (n = 103) were recruited from a randomized sample of Pop Warner leagues within a large Western state to complete the Rosenbaum Concussion Knowledge and Attitudes Survey. Coaches ranged from 25–75 years of age and were coaching youth athletes ranging from 6–14 years of age. Coaches scored in the 80th percentile on concussion knowledge, and in the 85th percentile on concussion attitudes. However, coaches were lacking in some areas of concussion knowledge such as concussion symptomology. There was also a statistically significant positive correlation between coaches’ scores on the Concussion Knowledge Index and the Concussion Attitudes Index, r = .43, p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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