Correlates of Sport Participation Among Adolescent Girls.

Snyder, Eldon E.; Spreitzer, Elmer

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Publication Date: 1976

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Correlates of Sport Participation Among Adolescent Girls

Snyder, Eldon E.; Spreitzer, Elmer

Research Quarterly, 47, 4, 804-9, Dec 76

Interpersonal influence largely explains the recruitment of high school girls into interscholastic athletics; female athletes tend to manifest a more favorable self-concept than their nonathletic counterparts. (JD)

Descriptors: Body Image, Family Influence, High School Students, Peer Acceptance, Physical Education, Self Concept Measures, Self Esteem, Self Evaluation, Social Influences, Womens Athletics

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