College athletes will be recruited to complete a voluntary online survey that will take approximately 10 minutes. In this survey, they will answer a series of questions related to the concussion symptoms they have experienced in their recent sports season, their opinions related to concussions and concussion treatment, and demographics.
College athletes will be recruited to complete a voluntary online survey that will take approximately 10 minutes. In this survey, they will answer a series of questions related to the concussion symptoms they have experienced in their recent sports season, their opinions related to concussions and concussion treatment, and demographics. Of interest, participants will indicate what concussion symptoms they have recently experienced in one of four formats, to which they will be randomly assigned. Participants will either \*check the symptoms they have experienced, \*check the symptoms they have not experienced, \*uncheck the symptoms they have experienced, or \*uncheck the symptoms they have not experienced. It is believed that an alternative method of reporting symptoms that requires participants to indicate the symptoms they have not experienced will lead them to report having experienced a greater number of symptoms, based on past research regarding inclusion vs. exclusion modes of thought.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Survey procedure, people check or uncheck symptoms they have or haven't experienced. We randomly assign participants to only one of these symptom elicitation procedures.
Number of symptoms
Participants are asked to indicate how many symptoms were experienced during their most recent sports season.
Time frame: Through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes
Perceived risk of concussions
Using questionnaire, participants rate their perceived risk of having a concussion compared to the average American and the average college athlete over the next year.
Time frame: Through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes
Concern about concussions
Using questionnaire, participants rate their concern over having experienced a concussion in the past.
Time frame: Through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes
Concern about concussions for health
Using questionnaire, participants rate their concern about the risk concussions present to their health
Time frame: Through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes
Beliefs about responses to concussions
Using questionnaire, participants rate the extent to which they think others are concerned about concussions and should respond to concussions
Time frame: Through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes
Estimated number of concussions
Using questionnaire, participants estimate the number of concussions they experienced in the most recent sport season and in their life.
Time frame: Through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes
Knowledge about concussions
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Using questionnaire, participants rate their own knowledge about concussions
Time frame: Through survey completion, an average of 12 minutes