Hugs or Shrugs: Parental and Peer Influence on Continuity of Involvement in Sport by Female Adolescents.

Brown, Barbara A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ397387

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Publication Date: 1989

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Hugs or Shrugs: Parental and Peer Influence on Continuity of Involvement in Sport by Female Adolescents.

Brown, Barbara A.; And Others

Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, v20 n7-8 p397-412 Apr 1989

Examines the influence of significant others on continuing involvement in sport by 376 female Canadian secondary school students. Finds that the socializing influence of parents and peers accounted for 11 percent of the variance in intramural activity, 20 percent of the variance in interschool sport, and 10 percent of the variance in community-based activity. (FMW)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Females, Foreign Countries, Parent Influence, Peer Influence, Questionnaires, Secondary School Students, Student Participation, Womens Athletics

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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