TY - JOUR AU - Stephenson, Daryl William Harrison AU - Kinsella, Elizabeth Anne AU - Holmes, Jeffery David AU - Johnson, Andrew Malcolm PY - 2021/05/27 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Canadian Football League Players' Reporting of Concussion Symptoms JF - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research JA - FQS VL - 22 IS - 2 SE - Single Contributions DO - 10.17169/fqs-22.2.3615 UR - https://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/3615 SP - AB - <p>Self-reporting of concussion is essential to appropriate intervention, and failure to report concussion-like symptoms is a significant issue. In the current study we sought to investigate factors that contribute to the process of self-reporting concussion symptoms within the context of the Canadian Football League. A constructivist grounded theory methodology was adopted, employing in-depth, semi-structured interviews with ten Canadian League Football (CFL) players. We found significant complexity within the decision-making process for CFL players, when assessing whether or not to report a concussion. In the preliminary grounded theory emerging from the study, we identified two stages involving 1. pre-game preparation, and 2. assessing the impact. In addition, we determined three related processes (themes): 1. intrapersonal symptom checklists, 2. perceived pressures to play, and 3. certainty of symptoms.</p> ER -