The media portrayal of sports concussion (SC) contributes to community understanding of injury. However, this could be hampered by inaccurately framed (minimising) SC coverage. 157 volunteers were randomly allocated to one of six online survey conditions. The conditions used a brief written news sports report with a non-serious (MI) or serious (MA) SC frame. Additional conditions varied the injured player’s sex (male or female) or the sport (unnamed or basketball). Standardised measures were administered, including the Illness Perceptions Questionnaire-Revised, and a custom-measure of perceptions of SC seriousness (SISI). A series of one-way ANOVA’s revealed one statistically significant framing effect for the SISI ( p < .05, large effect). Post-hoc pairwise comparisons found higher SISI scores for MA compared to MI conditions. There was no difference in the player sex or sport variants. No differences were found on other outcome measures. This study replicated a MA versus MI framing effect on the SISI, however wider effects were not seen. The framing effect on community perceptions of SC may be more circumscribed than previously suggested. While this requires further investigation, minimising frames should still be avoided as per existing recommendations.

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运动脑震荡的媒体报道：框架对社区伤害感知影响的实验研究


媒体对运动脑震荡 （SC） 的描述有助于社区对损伤的理解。然而，这可能会受到框架不准确（最小化）SC 覆盖率的阻碍。157 名志愿者被随机分配到 6 种在线调查条件之一。这些条件使用带有非严重 （MI） 或严重 （MA） SC 框架的简短书面新闻体育报道。其他情况因受伤球员的性别（男性或女性）或运动（未命名或篮球）而异。实施了标准化措施，包括疾病感知问卷修订版和 SC 严重性感知定制测量 （SISI）。一系列单向方差分析揭示了 SISI 的一个具有统计学意义的框架效应（p < .05，大效应）。事后成对比较发现，与 MI 条件相比，MA 的 SISI 评分更高。球员性别或运动变体没有差异。其他结局指标未发现差异。本研究复制了 MA 与 MI 框架对 SISI 的影响，但未观察到更广泛的影响。对社区对 SC 感知的框架效应可能比以前建议的更受限制。虽然这需要进一步调查，但仍应根据现有建议避免最小化帧。