Children's attitudes toward play: an investigation of their context specificity and relationship to organized sport experiences
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ABSTRACT:
Determines the degree to which preadolescent boys and girls report different attitudes toward play in three different childhood contexts: neighbourhood play, recess at school, and organized youth sports. Examines the relationship between amount of experience in organized youth sports and attitudes toward play in each of the three contexts. Fourth- and fifth-grade students (n=585) from six elementary schools in the midwestern United States complete a modified version of Webb's (1969) original forced-choice Children's Attitudes Toward Play Scale. Results of a 2x3 (gender x play context) ANOVA yields significant main effects for sex and play context, but no interaction. Post hoc analysis indicates that, for each gender, both organized sports and recess at school are perceived as more competitive contexts than playing with other children in the neighbourhood. Finds little evidence to indicate that continued involvement in organized youth sport has a significant professionalizing effect.
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