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ABSTRACT:
Although sport sociologists stress the ambiguity of the sport concept, most go on to define sport from their professional stance. Conversely, the subjects's perspective of sport has been given short shrift by sport sociologists. With interactionist social psychology as a foundation, we begin to fill this void by viewing sport as a symbol. Our conceptualization of sport as a symbol and the employment of open-end questions are significant becasue they anchor the study of sport in the symbolic interactional tradition and in the everyday world of the subject, respectively. Contends that the individual's perspective of the meaning of the term 'sport' has not been fully considered by sport sociologists. University students (n=128), who are differentially involved with sport, respond to a questionnaire which assesses their overt behaviour toward sport. Finds that the subjects' conceptions of the activities associated with sport are, for the most part, similar to those of the professional sport sociologist. Concludes that sport is a symbol and has no intrinsic meaning. Points out the value of the symbolic interactionist viewpoint to the study of sport.
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