Sex-role orientation, fear of success, and competitive sport performance of high school athletes
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Bette L. Harris (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Gail Hennis
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the competitive sport performance under three conditions: alone, against a same-sex player, and against an opposite-sex player of male and female high school varsity athletes with differing sex-role orientation, and fear of success level. Sex-role orientation was measured by the Personal Attributes Questionnaire (Sperice, Helmreich, & Stapp, 1975) and fear of success was measured by the Fear of Success Scale (Zuckerman & Allison, 1976). Competitive sport performance was assessed by a timed basketball shooting test. Participants in the study were 71 female and 62 male athletes who were members of a 1977-78 high school varsity basketball team in Guilford County, North Carolina. Each subject completed the two self-report measures (PAQ and FOSS) and competed in the timed basketball shooting test under the three conditions. Two trials were administered under each condition. Time in seconds was averaged for the subject's competitive performance score in each condition.
Sex-role orientation, fear of success, and competitive sport performance of high school athletes
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1978
- Subjects
- Sex role
- School sports $x Psychological aspects
- Fear of success