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Engaging Women in Sports in Croatia Considered from the aspects of Sport Achievement and Activity Status

Literature Item

Author Information:

• Name: Joško Sindik & Sanda Čorak
• Email: [email protected]

Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate relevant factors about engagement of women in certain sports, with a purpose to retain women in sports in general. It thus links to the promotion of women representation in sports and the enhancement of their social power. Final goal was to determine the differences in revealed latent dimensions of these relevant factors, in relation to medals won on state and international championships and sport activity status. The correlations between the dimensions of these relevant factors with number of children, work experience, age and period spent in sport are found. A total of 342 female athletes from several sports (judo, badminton, gymnastics bowling, acrobatic rock ’n roll, handball, sport fishing, Association of the deaf athletes, archery, chess, and basketball) were examined by specially composed the survey. The results showed that the only difference between more successful and less successful female athletes is found in environmental barriers, where higher scores have those who achieved medals on state championships. Only difference between still active and non-active athletes is found in obligation barriers (higher results for retired athletes). Small number of statistically significant differences and correlations can be explained in terms that all women athletes share similar problems.

Keywords:

sports, barriers, commitments, motivation, strategies

Publication Date:

Jan. 1, 2015

Source Specificity:

Initiative/Practice/Project/Programme/Case Studies

Website:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283085061

Power Domains:

Social

Methods Tools:

Gender Training, Awareness-raising

Country:

Croatia

City:

unspecified

Implementation Scale:

National

Language:

English

Other Links:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283085061