GENDER IDENTITY CONCEPTS OF FEMALE ATHLETES AND GIRLS WHO DON`T DO SPORT PROFESSIONALLY
<p><strong><em>Purpose:</em></strong> to compare unconscious perception about gender identity between female athletes and girls not involved in sports. <strong><em>Method:</em></strong> the research was based on semantic differential method.<s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Science and Innovation Center Publishing House
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem |
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| Online Access: | http://journal-s.org/index.php/sisp/article/view/3683 |
| Summary: | <p><strong><em>Purpose:</em></strong> to compare unconscious perception about gender identity between female athletes and girls not involved in sports. <strong><em>Method:</em></strong> the research was based on semantic differential method.<strong></strong></p><strong><em>Findings.</em></strong> Women involved in typically masculine sports have more gender identity difficulties in comparison with female athletes involved in typically feminine sports and with women not involved in any sports. Women involved in typically masculine sports have no internal coordination between gender and sports roles. There is an identification with the role of athletes at the expense of gender identity. The resolution of these difficulties is possible at internal psychological level of personality. <strong><em>Practical implications:</em></strong> understanding of sportswomen’s structure of perception about gender identity allows organizing psychological work with sportswomen which is aimed at coordination between gender and sports roles. |
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| ISSN: | 2218-7405 |