Recognizing the pivotal role parents play in shaping their children’s attitudes and behaviors regarding sport-related concussions (SRCs), this study investigates message framing on parents’ intentions to discuss SRCs with their children. More specifically, parents were encouraged to talk to their children about the importance of recognizing SRCs and well as reporting them to their coach. In doing so, one message emphasized the benefits of youth athletes recognizing and reporting SRCs and the other highlighted the barriers. Among 249 parents with a child between the ages of 9 and 15, parents perceived benefits to SRC communication positively predicted communication intentions, while SRC knowledge and barriers had no effect. Knowledge interacted with both barriers and benefits to predict parent communication intentions. The study underscores the importance of carefully crafted messaging promoting parent-child SRC communication, highlighting the need for interventions emphasizing parents to initiate conversations about SRC with their child by highlighting the benefits of child reporting and recognizing SRCs. The results are discussed with an emphasis on the practical implications of these findings with a focus on promotional efforts aimed at parents and youth coaches.

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探索信息框架对青少年体育运动相关脑震荡亲子沟通的影响


认识到父母在塑造孩子对运动相关脑震荡 (SRC) 的态度和行为方面发挥的关键作用，本研究调查了父母与孩子讨论 SRC 的意图的信息框架。更具体地说，我们鼓励家长与孩子讨论认识 SRC 并向教练报告的重要性。在此过程中，一条信息强调了青年运动员认识和报告 SRC 的好处，另一条信息则强调了其中的障碍。在 249 名孩子年龄在 9 至 15 岁之间的父母中，父母认为 SRC 沟通的好处可以积极预测沟通意图，而 SRC 知识和障碍则没有影响。知识与障碍和益处相互作用，以预测父母的沟通意图。该研究强调了精心设计的信息对于促进亲子 SRC 沟通的重要性，强调了干预措施的必要性，强调父母通过强调儿童报告和认可 SRC 的好处来发起与孩子有关 SRC 的对话。对结果进行了讨论，重点是这些发现的实际影响，重点是针对家长和青少年教练的宣传工作。