(Writer) (Last Name) (First) (Initial) Differences in Male and Female Athletes and their Perceptions of an Ideal Coach with respect to Locus of Control, Competitiveness, Goal-orientation and Win-orientation (Title) M.S. in Applied Psychology Dr. James Byrd December, 2003 52 pages (Graduate ...
Female student-athletes had a significantly higher cumulative collegiate GPA than did male student-athletes.Milton, Paul RAshland UniversityGottschalk, RhondaAshland UniversityGottschalk, R. & Milton, P. (2010). Differences in academic success between male and female student-athletes: An exploratory ...
Male athletes were 1.8 (1.37–2.7) to 2.8 (2.45–3.24) times more likely to sustain acute fractures than female athletes, with the highest risk in competition. Discussion Most studies in all cohorts were of moderate quality (mean/range of scores tier-5: 17 ± 2.2 [14–20], tier-4...
Most sex comparisons in endurance sports have been derived from performance-matched groups of female and male athletes competing over similar distances within summer sports. Corresponding analyses of sex differences in winter endurance sports have not previously been conducted. In the Olympic Winter Games...
Research has been equivocal with respect to sex differences in communication. Although the bulk of the literature suggests that any differences are small to moderate, several characteristics of sport teams suggest that male and female athletes may communicate differently. A sample of 299 athletes (150...
The validity of two such beliefs (lack of qualified female coaches and time constraints due to family responsibilities) was examined in a statewide survey of 256 female and 296 male interscholastic coaches and a nationwide survey of 2,719 male and 1,449 female interscholastic coaches. Statistical ...
of this study was to examine the hip and knee strength in collegiate soccer athletes.METHODS: 60 male (19.70 ± 1.22 years, 179 ± 7.22 cm, 76.05 ± 8.14 kg) and 60 female (19.43 ± 1.18 years, 167 ± 6.03 cm, 62.94 ± 6.73 kg) Division I Collegiate Soccer Athletes were evaluated....
Sport is historically designated by the binary categorization of male and female that conflicts with modern society. Sport’s governing bodies should
Moreover, there is mounting evidence that male and female athletes generally differ in their motivation, specifically their competitiveness and risk taking. Second, we examine the functional explanations for sports. We argue that the courtship display hypothesis applies mainly to females; the spectator ...
These studies, however, investigated a limited sample of athletes. We investigated the age of peak marathon performance in a large sample of female and male marathon finishers by using data from all finishers. We analyzed the age of peak marathon performance in 1-year and 5-year age intervals...