Gender stereotyping and the influence of race in sport among adolescents

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 676-684

  Hannon, James ^a   Soohoo, Sonya ^a   Reel, Justine ^a   Ratliffe, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Femininity; Masculinity; Metheny; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPORTS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 70350168658     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599608     Document Type: Article

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