摘要：Research on sport-related concussions has proliferated in the past decade and has contributed to a growing understanding of the symptomology and potential severity associated with this injury (Choe, Babikian, DiFiori, Hovda, & Giza, 2012). Researchers have found that experiencing a concussion can make an athlete more vulnerable to future concussions and athletes might be at greatest risk for re-injury within the immediate recovery period (Guskiewicz et al., 2003). Suffering multiple concussions both raises the risk for increased symptomology as well as duration of symptoms (Theriault, De Beaumont, Tremblay, Lassonde, & Jolicoeur, 2011). Due to these and other significant health implications, it is important to identify and remove concussed athletes from athletic participation until they are treated and cleared for return. However, recent studies on concussion reporting in youth sports suggests identifying and removing concussed athletes from play is not the norm (Bryan, Rowhani-Rahbar, Comstock, & Rivara, 2016). Bryan et al. (2016) estimated as many as 1.2 million sports and recreation related concussions go untreated each year. Numerous studies have found that a substantial number of such untreated cases may be due to the non-reporting of symptoms by athletes, with athletes reporting their symptoms half or less of the time (Register-Mihalik, Guskiewicz, et al., 2013). Therefore, a starting place for applied professionals to understand perceptions of the consequences of concussion reporting might be with the athletes themselves.
