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- Title
Percepciones y comportamientos de discriminación sexual en la práctica de ejercicio físico entre los hombres y mujeres preadolescentes en el tiempo de ocio.
- Authors
Gil-Madrona, Pedro; Valdivia-Moral, Pedro; González-Víllora, Sixto; Luisa Zagalaz-Sánchez, Maria
- Abstract
This paper presents a descriptive empirical study on habits and customs that have the children in physical activities, games and sports not organized in leisure School periods. A sample of 1094 students of sixth grade of Primary School (11.31 ± 0.48 years), belonging to Schools in Spain. For this purpose, a questionnaire with 10 items, with a different linguistic wording for girls and boys was used. The results indicate that are some barriers for gender discrimination in the practice of physical activities, games and sports, not organized in times of leisure for children analyzed. The main results show that there are significant differences between boys and girls, including: participation in games, consider stronger than those of opposite-sex, or teasing for the victory with the opposite gender. Conclusion, it is confirmed that children of this age claim to have perceptions and behaviors of subtle sex discrimination.
- Subjects
SEX discrimination; PHYSICAL activity; GENDER inequality; COEDUCATION; GENDER identity; GAMES; PHYSICAL education
- Publication
Journal of Sport Psychology / Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 2017, Vol 26, Issue 2, p81
- ISSN
1132-239X
- Publication type
Article