Personality Predictors of Time to Return to Play After Sports-Related Concussion: Analysis of Survey Data From an Undergraduate Sample.
Megan G Weishaar, Jaclyn A Stephens, Bradley T Conner
PMID 34310348WHAT IT FOUND
Higher experience seeking was the only personality trait still associated with faster self-reported return to play after sports-related concussion in the final analysis.
Conscientiousness was linked to slower return in separate tests, but this cannot prove cause.
Key findings
01The analysed sample was 202 participants, and their reported time to return to play averaged 21.3 weeks with a median of 3 weeks.
02Higher experience seeking was associated with a higher probability of returning to play than lower experience seeking, and it was the only personality predictor that remained associated in the final model.
03Higher conscientiousness was associated with a higher probability of not returning to play than lower conscientiousness.
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What it does not show
The study relied on retrospective self-report, so concussion timing and return-to-play dates may be misremembered or misreported. Return-to-play time was analysed in weeks, which is less precise than days or hours. The sample was undergraduate students recruited from psychology courses, so the findings may not apply to all athletes. The design cannot show that personality caused faster or slower return to play. Only experience seeking remained associated in the final model, so the separate trait associations should not be overinterpreted.
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The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that personality traits caused early or late return to play. The study relied on retrospective self-report, and only experience seeking remained associated in the final model.