73 (13B) Sex, puberty, and hormones: key factors associated with adolescent sport-related concussion symptom burden
believe teammates would think less of them for reporting a suspected concussion (mean yes = 2.05, mean no = 1.70, t (190) = 2.491, p = 0.14).Conclusion Pluralistic ignorance was observed in MLR players.Although players acknowledged that reporting concussions does not let the team down, they incorrectly perceived teammates would view them negatively for doing so.This study suggests that addressing pluralistic ignorance in concussion education may improve reporting behaviors. (2B) USING TIME-
Authors
- Jonathan D. Smirl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1054-0038)
- Jason Tabor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8213-6969)
- Carolyn A. Emery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9499-6691)
- Douglas D. Fraser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5635-3791)
- Keith Owen Yeates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7680-2892)
- Cheryl L. Wellington (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7014-039X)
- Chantel T. Debert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2704-0438)
- J. Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5479-2117)
- Nicholas Josafatow
- Kidus Achalu
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Allen Institute for Brain Science (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-concussion.73
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00