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Peer reviewedHenschen, K. P.; And Others – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1982
Differences in achievement motivation and sex-role orientation between female athletes and nonathletes were assessed using Mehrabian's Scale of Achieving Tendency and the Bem Sex-Role Inventory. Athletes exhibited higher achievement motivation. Also, high achievement motivation was related to androgynous and masculine sex roles. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Athletes, High Schools, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedWrisberg, Craig A.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1988
Uses the Bem Sex Role Inventory to compare the sex role orientations of male and female collegiate athletes. Results indicate no significant differences for team sports players, but higher femininity scores for females in individual sports. (FMW)
Descriptors: Androgyny, Athletes, Basketball, College Athletics
