Gender differences in value orientation toward sports: a longitudinal analysis
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ABSTRACT:
There were two purposes to this research. The first was to overcome a methodological weakness of most "socialization via sport" studies by substituting a longitudinal for a cross sectional/correlational design. The second was to extend the findings of an earlier report by investigating possible gender differences in value orientations as a consequence of participating in sport. The subjects consisted of 49 females and 68 males who participated in two coed soccer leagues for 8-10 year olds. Data on the subjects' value orientations toward sport were collected during pre- and postseason 1982. By the end of the season, males placed a significantly greater emphasis on winning than did females; such differences were not evident at the start of the season. Within gender analyses shed further light on the nature of this and other changes in the subjects' value orientations. Two tentative explanations for the findings are offered. Assesses pre- and post-season gender differences in the value orientations of participants in a youth soccer program. Eight- to ten-year-old males (n=61) and females (n=49) participating in two independently operated soccer programs respond to a fixed alternative response interview schedule. Results indicate a number of initial gender differences which disappear by the end of the season, with the exception of the divergent male-female orientations toward winning. Suggests several possible explanations for the finding that males accord more importance to winning than do females.
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