Factors associated with U.S. adults' willingness to allow teenagers to play tackle football.

ABSTRACT: Little is known about the individual factors, such as knowledge and attitudes (i.e., football safety knowledge, football attitudes), related to adults' willingness to allow adolescents to participate in tackle football. To address this gap, this study examined the extent to which football safety knowledge and attitudes toward head injury risk are associated with adults' willingness to allow teenage boys to play high school tackle football. Data were obtained from an internet-based survey of a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults aged 18 to 93 years (n = 1,018). We conducted multilevel linear regression modelling to examine independent effects of the football safety knowledge- and attitude-based predictors. Our analyses revealed that knowledge of football safety measures, along w

SUBMITTER: Kercher KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9451093 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature