Comparison of Communal Sex Roles of Female Sports Students Studying in Different Universities in Turkey

Autor/in	Gerek, Zinnur
Titel	Comparison of Communal Sex Roles of Female Sports Students Studying in Different Universities in Turkey
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Reviews, 10 (2015) 5, S.541-546 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1990-3839
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Females; Womens Athletics; Gender Differences; Individual Characteristics; College Students; College Athletics; Sex Role; Social Attitudes; Masculinity; Femininity; Surveys; Athletes; Turkey; Bem Sex Role Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Weibliches Geschlecht; Frauensport; Geschlechterkonflikt; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Collegestudent; College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Geschlechterrolle; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Männlichkeit; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Athlet; Türkei
Abstract	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 determine whether doing sport differentiates female students' social gender roles. There was a significant difference between subjects who do sport and those who do not in terms of masculinity and social acceptability (p<0.001), but there was no significant difference in terms of femininity (p = 0.116). Female athletes are more androgynous compared to the non-sportlers. There was a significant difference between exercising and non-exercising women with regard to masculine/feminine features, and feminine/androgynous features (p<0.001) but there was no significant difference in terms of masculine/androgynous features (p = 0.820). As a conclusion, in addition to its advantages for health, sports is very important for women to have a more effective place in the society in terms of gender roles. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01