Retrospective survey of youth sports participation: Development and assessment of reliability using school records

Many youths participate in sports, and it is of interest to understand the impact of youth sports participation on later-life outcomes. However, prospective studies take a long time to complete and retrospective studies may be more practical and time-efficient to address some questions. We pilot a r...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-09, Vol.16 (9), p.e0257487-e0257487
Main Authors: Jin, Steven, Rabinowitz, Amanda R, Weiss, Jordan, Deshpande, Sameer, Gupta, Nitika, Buford May, Reuben A, Small, Dylan S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Biology and Life Sciences
Brain research
Demographic aspects
Digital archives
Head injuries
Health risks
Longitudinal studies
Medicine and Health Sciences
Participation
People and Places
Physiological aspects
Polls & surveys
Questionnaires
Reliability analysis
Research and Analysis Methods
Secondary schools
Social Sciences
Sports
Teenagers
Tournaments & championships
Trauma
Traumatic brain injury
United States
Youth
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Summary:Many youths participate in sports, and it is of interest to understand the impact of youth sports participation on later-life outcomes. However, prospective studies take a long time to complete and retrospective studies may be more practical and time-efficient to address some questions. We pilot a retrospective survey of youth sports participation and examine agreement between respondent’s self-reported participation with high school records in a sample of 84 adults who graduated from high school between 1948 and 2018. The percent agreement between our survey and the school resources for individual sports ranged between 91.5% and 100%. These findings provide preliminary evidence for the reliability of retrospective self-report of youth sports participation. This survey may serve as an efficient approach for evaluating relationships between involvement in youth sports and health outcomes later in adulthood.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0257487