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The Female Sport Experience: History, Development, And Psychological Implications, Dawn A. Whittington
The Female Sport Experience: History, Development, And Psychological Implications, Dawn A. Whittington
Masters Theses
This paper reviews the literature related to women in athletics with a focus on the psychological perspective. The paper is divided into three major parts.
Chapter I traces the historical antecedents with specific emphasis on the development of sports psychology and women's gradual integration into amateur and professional athletics. Chapter II reviews literature devoted to the psychosocial issues related to the female athlete. These issues include personality traits and patterns, psychosocial problems associated with women entering and maintaining status in athletics, stereotypes, homophobia, socialization issues and the incidence and etiology of eating disorders among female athletes. Chapter III addresses the …