TY - JOUR
T1 - Football team social structure and perceived support for reporting concussion symptoms
T2 - Insights from a social network analysis
AU - Wayment, Heidi A.
AU - Huffman, Ann H.
AU - Lininger, Monica
AU - Doyle, Patrick C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Human Kinetics, Inc.
PY - 2019/11
Y1 - 2019/11
N2 - Social network analysis (SNA) is a uniquely situated methodology to examine the social connections between players on a team, and how team structure may be related to self-reported team cohesion and perceived support for reporting concussion symptoms. Team belonging was positively associated with number of friendship ties (degree; r =.23, p <.05), intermediate ties between teammates (betweenness; r =.21, p <.05), and support from both teammates (r =.21, p <.05) and important others (r =.21, p <.05) for reporting concussion symptoms. Additionally, an SNA-derived measure of social influence, eigenvector centrality, was associated with football identity (r =.34, p <.01), and less support from important others (r = –.24, p <.05) regarding symptom reporting. Discussion focuses on why consideration of social influence dynamics may help improve concussion-related education efforts.
AB - Social network analysis (SNA) is a uniquely situated methodology to examine the social connections between players on a team, and how team structure may be related to self-reported team cohesion and perceived support for reporting concussion symptoms. Team belonging was positively associated with number of friendship ties (degree; r =.23, p <.05), intermediate ties between teammates (betweenness; r =.21, p <.05), and support from both teammates (r =.21, p <.05) and important others (r =.21, p <.05) for reporting concussion symptoms. Additionally, an SNA-derived measure of social influence, eigenvector centrality, was associated with football identity (r =.34, p <.01), and less support from important others (r = –.24, p <.05) regarding symptom reporting. Discussion focuses on why consideration of social influence dynamics may help improve concussion-related education efforts.
KW - Concussion education
KW - Social norms
KW - Social ties
KW - Team belonging
KW - Team structure
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U2 - 10.1123/ijatt.2018-0121
DO - 10.1123/ijatt.2018-0121
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076381381
SN - 2157-7285
VL - 24
SP - 256
EP - 262
JO - International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training
JF - International Journal of Athletic Therapy and Training
IS - 6
ER -