TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological development and females’ sport participation
T2 - An interactional perspective
AU - Weiss, Maureen R.
AU - Glenn, Susan D.
PY - 1992/8
Y1 - 1992/8
N2 - Dorothy Hams’s writings have consistently reflected a philosophy that emphasizes the importance of an integrated sport science perspective for understanding females’ participation and performance in the physical domain. Her advocacy for a 7ldquo;somatopsychic” approach included a consideration of the sociological, psychological, biological, and physical factors that interact to influence patterns of involvement and performance potential. Although a complete integration of subdisciplines within the sport sciences would be a formidable task, the purpose of this article is to first review selected research findings pertaining to females’ sport socialization, psychological development, and biological and cognitive maturation. Then, a heuristic model is proposed as an initial attempt to represent an interactional approach to understanding females’ sport participation and as a framework for future research.
AB - Dorothy Hams’s writings have consistently reflected a philosophy that emphasizes the importance of an integrated sport science perspective for understanding females’ participation and performance in the physical domain. Her advocacy for a 7ldquo;somatopsychic” approach included a consideration of the sociological, psychological, biological, and physical factors that interact to influence patterns of involvement and performance potential. Although a complete integration of subdisciplines within the sport sciences would be a formidable task, the purpose of this article is to first review selected research findings pertaining to females’ sport socialization, psychological development, and biological and cognitive maturation. Then, a heuristic model is proposed as an initial attempt to represent an interactional approach to understanding females’ sport participation and as a framework for future research.
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U2 - 10.1080/00336297.1992.10484048
DO - 10.1080/00336297.1992.10484048
M3 - Article
SN - 0033-6297
VL - 44
SP - 138
EP - 157
JO - Quest
JF - Quest
IS - 2
ER -