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Comparison of Communal Sex Roles of Female Sports Students Studying in Different Universities in Turkey
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Gerek, Zinnur – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
We investigated whether doing sports has any effect on the androgynous characteristics of women. In 15 universities from different regions of Turkey, a questionnare was administered to 341 students (170 elite sportlers from nine sport categories and 171 sedantary controls) during the 2012-2013 study period. The Bem sex role inventory was used to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Womens Athletics, Gender Differences
Achievement Motivation and Sex-Role Orientation of High School Female Track and Field Athletes versus Nonathletes.
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Henschen, K. P.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Differences in achievement motivation and sex-role orientation between female athletes and nonathletes were assessed using Mehrabian's Scale of Achieving Tendency and the Bem Sex-Role Inventory. Athletes exhibited higher achievement motivation. Also, high achievement motivation was related to androgynous and masculine sex roles. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Athletes, High Schools, Individual Differences
Sex Role Orientations of Male and Female Collegiate Athletes from Selected Individual and Team Sports.
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Wrisberg, Craig A.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1988
Uses the Bem Sex Role Inventory to compare the sex role orientations of male and female collegiate athletes. Results indicate no significant differences for team sports players, but higher femininity scores for females in individual sports. (FMW)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Athletes, Basketball, College Athletics