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ABSTRACT:
Two separate studies examined and compared the self-perceptions of those who participated in one of the most grueling of endurance events, the triathlon, with the perceptions that those who do not engage in even minimal aerobic activity have of them. One study asked non-athletes to rate descriptions of triathletes on a 1 to 5-point Likert-type scale. The descriptions varied in terms of the level of athletic success and gender of the person being described. The other study asked finishers in the Tampa Bay Triathlon to rate themselves on these same charcteristics. The self-ratings were examined in terms of the triathletes' success in the triathlon and his or her gender. A comparison of these studies showed that, while the success and gender of the hypothetical triathlete influenced the non-athletes' ratings of them, the success and gender of the triathletes themselves had no significant effect on self-ratings. It was suggested that the stereotyping done by the non-athletes is erroneous and that the triathletes' self-perceptions indicate that all, not just the best, are winners beyond the finish line. Examines and compares the self-perceptions of participants in a triathlon, and the perceptions that those who do not engage in even minimal aerobic activity have of triathlons. In Study 1, non-athletes rate a description of a hypothetical triathlete on a number of characteristics often associated with endurance exercise. Subjects in Study 2 - finishers in the 1985 Tampa Bay triathlon - rate themselves on the same characteristics assessed in Study 1: happiness, attractiveness, healthiness, quickness to anger, competitiveness, compulsiveness, selfishness, masculinity/femininity, and sexiness. Descriptions of hypothetical athletes vary in degree of success and gender. Finds that, while the success and gender of the hypothetical triathlete influences the non-athletes' ratings of them, the self-ratings of the triathletes are not affected. Concludes that the stereotype used by the non-athletes in making their judgements is not accurate.
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