scholarly journals Internalized Heterosexism, Outness, Athletic Identity, and Perceived Stress Among Queer Female Athletes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia C Scott
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Internalized Heterosexism

Fragmenting Feminine-Athletic Identities: Identity Turning Points During Girls’ Transition into High School

2021 ◽  
pp. 216747952110129
Author(s):  
Alaina C. Zanin ◽  
Laura V. Martinez ◽  
Lucy C. Niess
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Identity Development ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Communication Theory ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Turning Points ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Communication Theory Of Identity ◽  
And Gender

This study employed a turning point analysis to document events that influence the development of athletic identities in female athletes transitioning into high school. All participants ( N = 28), between the ages of 14–15 years old, belonged to a competitive club soccer team located in the southwestern United States. Through an analysis of pre- and post-season interviews and bi-weekly video journal entries, data revealed several fragmenting turning point events related to participants’ athletic identity development. These fragmenting turning points paired with the communication theory of identity (CTI) framework highlighted three identity gaps: (a) athletic-relational, (b) athletic-communal, and (c) athletic-enacted. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed regarding turning points in relation to athletic identity development and gender disparities in sport participation.

“What’s the Difference?” Women’s Wheelchair Basketball, Reverse Integration, and the Question(ing) of Disability

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere ◽  
Danielle Peers
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Wheelchair Basketball ◽  
Adapted Physical Activity ◽  
Disability Sport ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Difference

The inclusion of able-bodied athletes within disability sport, a phenomenon known as reverse integration, has sparked significant debate within adapted physical activity. Although researchers and practitioners have taken up positions for or against reverse integration, there is a lack of supporting research on the experiences of athletes who already play in such settings. In this study, we explore how competitive female athletes who have a disability experience reverse integration in Canadian wheelchair basketball. Athletic identity was used as the initial conceptual framework to guide semistructured interviews with nine participants. The results suggest that participation in this context contributed to positive athletic identities. Interviews also pointed to the unexpected theme of “what’s the difference?” that this sporting context provided a space for the questioning and creative negotiation of the categories of disability and able-bodiedness. Methodologically, this paper also explores the possibilities and challenges of inter- worldview and insider-outsider research collaboration.

Athletic Identity and Student Involvement of Female Athletes at NCAA Division III Women's and Coeducational Colleges

2006 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexa C Mignano ◽  
Britton W Brewer ◽  
Christa R. Winter ◽  
Judy L Van Raalte
Keyword(s):  
Student Involvement ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Ncaa Division Iii ◽  
Division Iii

Monitoring Perceived Stress and Recovery in Relation to Cycling Performance in Female Athletes

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (01) ◽  
pp. 12-18
Author(s):  
R. Otter ◽  
M. Brink ◽  
H. van der Does ◽  
K. Lemmink
Keyword(s):  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Cycling Performance

Dysmenorrhea and Heavy Menstrual Bleeding in Elite Female Athletes: Quality of Life and Perceived Stress

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 888-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Vannuccini ◽  
Flavia Fondelli ◽  
Sara Clemenza ◽  
Giorgio Galanti ◽  
Felice Petraglia
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding ◽  
Menstrual Bleeding

Youth Female Ice Hockey Players’ Enjoyment and Commitment to Sport

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-10
Author(s):  
Kari Roethlisberger ◽  
Vista Beasley ◽  
Jeffrey Martin ◽  
Brigid Byrd ◽  
Krista Munroe-Chandler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Prediction Model ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Athletic Identity ◽  
Ice Hockey ◽  
Multiple Mediation ◽  
Sport Commitment ◽  
Gender Beliefs ◽  
Hockey Players

The purpose of this study was to identify sport-specific predictors of youth female athletes’ sport commitment and sport enjoyment. Based on the expectancy-value model, athletic identity and gender stereotypes were hypothesized to predict sport commitment and sport enjoyment in ice hockey, which has a masculine gender association. Participants consisted of 130 (89.2% Caucasian) youth female ice hockey players (Mage = 11.7, SD = 2.6). They completed measures of athletic identity; personal gender beliefs; perceived gender beliefs of parents, teammates, siblings, and the general population; and two outcome measures: sport commitment and sport enjoyment. The prediction model for sport commitment was significant, F(7, 122) = 9.56, p < .001, and accounted for 35.4% of the variance. The prediction model for sport enjoyment was also significant, F(7, 122) = 2.25, p < .01, and accounted for 11.5% of the variance. Overall, youth female ice hockey players held pro-feminine beliefs about competence and values of girls in hockey. Participants’ personal gender beliefs correlated moderately with perceived gender beliefs of their (socializers) parents, teammates, and the general population (r = .54–.56), suggesting youth female ice hockey players’ pro-feminine beliefs might be informed by these social influences. However, two multiple mediation analyses found no support for the hypotheses that personally held stereotypes mediated the link between all four socially based gender stereotypes and enjoyment and commitment.

scholarly journals Living in the “Bubble”: Athletes' Psychological Profile During the Sambo World Championship

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambra Gentile ◽  
Tatjana Trivic ◽  
Antonino Bianco ◽  
Nemanja Lakicevic ◽  
Flavia Figlioli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Perceived Stress ◽  
Stress Level ◽  
Female Athletes ◽  
Mood Disturbance ◽  
Psychological Profile ◽  
World Championship ◽  
The World ◽  
Mood Scale ◽  
Novi Sad

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we conduct daily life, as well as sports training and sports competitions. Given the stress produced by COVID-19, and the “bubble” safety measures for the World Sambo Championship, held in Novi Sad, from the 6th to the 8th of November, 2020, athletes might have experienced more stress than athletes normally would in non-pandemic conditions. Therefore, the current study aimed to create a psychological profile of sambo athletes participating in the Sambo World Championship and living in this condition.Methods: One-hundred-fifteen participants took part in the study, completing the Profile of Mood Scale (POMS), the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale. A mediation model with Fear of COVID-19 predicting both stress level directly and stress level through mood disturbance was hypothesized. Gender differences were evaluated through t-test.Results: The results showed that the sample presented higher levels of stress but no problems in sleeping. In particular, data analysis confirmed an indirect effect of Fear of COVID on Perceived stress through mood disturbance (β = 0.14, Z = 2.80, and p = 0.005), but did not have a significant impact on the direct effect (β = −0.04, Z = −0.48, and p = 0.63). Gender differences emerged in the perceived stress level (t = −2.86, df = 114, and p = 0.005) and daytime dysfunction (t = −2.52, df = 114, and p = 0.01) where females scored higher than males for both aspects.Conclusion: The athletes participating to the World Sambo Championship experienced stress levels determined by the mood disturbance produced by the fear of the COVID-19 pandemic. Female athletes were more stressed and showed higher daytime dysfunction. The findings of the current study are useful to understand the psychological profile of the athletes competing in the “bubble” conditions during COVID-19 pandemic.

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