Abstract
Objective: Behavioural factors and beliefs are important determinants of the adoption of sports
injury interventions. This study aimed to understand behavioural factors associated
with junior community netball players’ intentions to learn correct landing technique
during coach-led training sessions, proposed as a means of reducing their risk of
lower limb injury. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Methods: 287 female players from 58 junior netball teams in the 2007/2008-summer competition
completed a 13-item questionnaire developed from the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB).
This assessed players’ attitudes (four items), subjective norms (four), perceived
behavioural control (four) and intentions (one) around the safety behaviour of learning
correct landing technique at netball training. All items were rated on a seven-point
bipolar scale. Cluster-adjusted logistic regression was used to assess which TPB constructs
were most associated with strong intentions. Results: Players had positive intentions and attitudes towards learning safe landing technique
and perceived positive social pressure from significant others. They also perceived
themselves to have considerable control over engaging (or not) in this behaviour.
Players’ attitudes (p< 0.001) and subjective norms (p< 0.001), but not perceived behavioural control (p= 0.49), were associated with strong intentions to learn correct landing technique at
training. Conclusions: Injury prevention implementation strategies aimed at maximising junior players’ participation
in correct landing training programs should emphasise the benefits of learning correct
landing technique (i.e. change attitudes) and involve significant others and role
models whom junior players admire (i.e. capitalise on social norms) in the promotion
of such programs.
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Publication history
Published online: October 19, 2011
Accepted:
August 5,
2011
Received in revised form:
August 2,
2011
Received:
March 14,
2011
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