Self-reported comfort in athletic training to same- and opposite-sex athletes
Jan L Drummond1, Rhonda S Cross, Benito J Velasquez
1School of Nursing, The University of Tulsa, 600 South College Avenue, Tulsa, OK 74104-3189, USA. jan-drummond@utulsa.edu
Abstract:
To assess the comfort of athletic trainers in providing care to athletes of the same- and opposite-sex, the Gender Comfort in Athletic Training Questionnaire was developed. Cronbach alpha was .72. The 8-item questionnaire was mailed to 235 participants, who were senior athletic training students and clinical instructors affiliated with 14 university athletic training programs. 192 questionnaires were returned (82%). Only one t test showed a significant mean difference in reported comfort between women (n= 103, M=2.8, SD= 0.8; disagree) and men (n= 89, M=3.1, SD=0.8; neutral) on the statement: I feel more comfortable providing athletic training services to male athletes than female athletes. The women and men in this sample were similar in their self-ratings of comfort in providing athletic training services to male and female athletes.
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