This is Your Brain on Football: Making Sense of Parents' Decision to Allow Their Child to Play Tackle Football
Description:
Parents make decisions on behalf of their children on a daily basis. Some parents in the United States face the unique decision of whether or not to allow football participation for their child at a very young age. Using sensemaking theory, I examined how parents assessed the risks involved in making the decision to allow their child to play tackle football. I interviewed 24 participants in the form of 12 parental couples who had children playing middle school football and coded their response…
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Date:
May 2018
Creator:
Boneau, Rebecca Dunnan