Measuring children's self-reported sport participation, risk perception and injury history: Development and validation of a survey instrument

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-26

  Siesmaa, Emma J ^a   Blitvich, Jennifer D ^a   White, Peta E ^a   Finch, Caroline F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Reliability; Risk perception; Sports injury; Survey; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SPORT INJURY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF REPORT; SOCCER; SPORTS;

EID: 78650420063     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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