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Shannon Marie Scovel – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation assesses the self-representation and representation of ten elite collegiate women athletes during the first year of the NCAA's new 'name, image and likeness' policies. Building on theories of representation, gender performance, self-presentation and intersectionality, this study explores how women athletes reproduce notions of…
Descriptors: Student Athletes, Womens Athletics, Self Concept, College Athletics
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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