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A Qualitative Exploration of Parents' Perceptions of Risk in Youth Contact Rugby. Behav Sci (Basel) 2022; 12:bs12120510. [PMID: 36546993 PMCID: PMC9774146 DOI: 10.3390/bs12120510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to explore the understandings and perceptions of risk related to brain trauma amongst parents of children that play contact rugby. A qualitative approach was taken, using semi-structured interviews with 7 mothers and 27 fathers of children that participate in contact rugby. A thematic analysis of data suggests that parents used two primary cognitive strategies to process the risk they consented to with their children's participation in rugby; (1) minimalizing rugby risk to be equivalent to less injurious sports; and (2) elevating physical and social advantages above what they think other sports are capable of providing. From the findings it is suggested that parents who permit their children to play contact rugby are both aware of the high risks of injury in the sport, but simultaneously utilize two cognitive distortion techniques to rectify the dissonance caused between their choice to have their children play, and the salient number of concussions they observe. These results suggest that it will take properly informed consent, inclusive of concussion rates compared to other sports, in order to reduce cognitive distortion and effectively communicate risks associated with participation in contact rugby.
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White AJ, Batten J, Howarth NE, Magrath R, Piggin J, Millward P, Parry KD, Lang M, Bullingham R, Pearce AJ, Morales L, Turner G, Humphries CT, Hardwicke J, Anderson E, Kirkwood G, Pollock A. Imposing Compulsory Rugby Union on Schoolchildren: An Analysis of English State-Funded Secondary Schools. Front Sports Act Living 2022; 4:784103. [PMID: 35873207 PMCID: PMC9301037 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2022.784103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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ObjectiveTo establish the extent to which Rugby Union was a compulsory physical education activity in state-funded secondary schools in England and to understand the views of Subject Leaders for Physical Education with respect to injury risk.MethodA cross-sectional research study using data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (2000) from 288 state-funded secondary schools.ResultsRugby Union was delivered in 81% (n = 234 of 288) of state-funded secondary school physical education curricula, including 83% (n = 229 of 275) of state-funded secondary school boys' and 54% (n = 151 of 282) of girls' physical education curricular. Rugby Union was compulsory in 91% (n = 208 of 229) of state-funded secondary schools that delivered it as part of the boys' physical education curriculum and 54% (n = 82 of 151) of state-funded secondary schools that delivered contact Rugby Union as part of the girls' physical education curriculum. Subject Leaders for Physical Education also perceived Rugby Union to have the highest risk of harm of the activities they delivered in their school physical education curriculum.ConclusionNotwithstanding discussions of appropriate measures (i.e., mandatory concussion training, Rugby Union specific qualifications and CPD) to reduce injury risk, it is recommended that Rugby Union should not be a compulsory activity given that it has a perceived high risk of injury and is an unnecessary risk for children in physical education.
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Affiliation(s)
- Adam John White
- Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Concussion Legacy Foundation UK, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- Sport and Event Management, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Adam John White
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- School of Sport, Health and Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Concussion Legacy Foundation UK, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Sport, Health and Social Sciences, Southampton Solent University, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Exercise and Heath Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Concussion Legacy Foundation UK, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- Sport and Event Management, Bournemouth University, Poole, United Kingdom
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- Department of History, Geography and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, United Kingdom
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- Concussion Legacy Foundation UK, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- School of Sport and Exercise, Human Services & Sport, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
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- School of Allied Heath, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Sport, Health and Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Health and Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Health and Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom
- Centre for Physical Activity and Life Sciences, University of Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom
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- School of Sport, Health and Community, University of Winchester, Winchester, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Hill S, Magrath R, White A. “Part and parcel of the game?” Physical education teachers, head trauma, and the Rugby Football Union’s “Headcase” programme. MANAGING SPORT AND LEISURE 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/23750472.2020.1848446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sophie Hill
- Faculty of Sport, Health, and Social Sciences, Solent University, Southampton, UK
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- Faculty of Sport, Health, and Social Sciences, Solent University, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Sport, Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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White AJ, Batten J, Kirkwood G, Anderson E, Pollock AM. 'Pre-activity movement control exercise programme to prevent injuries in youth rugby': some concerns. Br J Sports Med 2018; 53:525-526. [PMID: 29661767 DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Adam John White
- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK
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- Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK
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- Institute of Health and Society, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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