Sport-related concussion disclosure in women's rugby—A social identity approach

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Sports and Active Living

Alexander D. Blackett¹  Lisa Ryan²  Ed Daly² 

[1] Department of Sport and Exercise, School of Health Science & Wellbeing, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom;Department of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition, Atlantic Technological University, Galway, Ireland;

关键词: women's rugby;    sport-related concussion;    social identity;    brain injury;    rugby union;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fspor.2023.1058305

 received in 2022-09-30, accepted in 2023-03-15,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionSport-related concussion (SRC) is a risk of collision sports such as women's rugby. To support appropriate SRC diagnosis and management, an understanding of the factors that encourage SRC disclosure is necessary. To date, research has focused on ascertaining individual player knowledge and attitudes towards SRC disclosure.MethodsWe chose to investigate the potential influence of group identification effects by examining the role of social identity on SRC disclosure in elite women's rugby. Seventeen elite players from the United Kingdom and Ireland were interviewed and their transcripts thematically analysed.ResultsThe data highlighted that the players shared a very strong social identity as women in rugby and were acutely aware that their experiences were different to their male counterparts. The shared social identity had both positive and negative implications for SRC disclosure. The players interviewed did not feel comfortable disclosing their symptoms to their coach and often felt that medical staff either did not listen to them or were unavailable to them. Mediators such as communication, trust in medical teams, perceived pressure, positive injury management experience, and player role models were identified.DiscussionThis research could be utilised to inform sport psychology interventions to enhance SRC disclosure in elite women's rugby.

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© 2023 Ryan, Daly and Blackett.