Sex-Role Conflict in Female Athletes: A Possible Marker for Alcoholism.

Wetzig, Diane L.

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ERIC Number: EJ414560

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

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Sex-Role Conflict in Female Athletes: A Possible Marker for Alcoholism.

Wetzig, Diane L.

Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, v35 n3 p45-53 Spr 1990

Examined similarities in sex-role conflict between female athletes and alcoholic women. Findings showed female athletes and female alcoholics (N=60) similar to each other and different from controls (N=30) along dimensions of sex-role conflict. Discusses findings relative to female athletes' susceptibility to alcoholism. (Author/PVV)

Descriptors: Alcoholism, Altruism, At Risk Persons, Athletes, Competition, Dependency (Personality), Fear of Success, Females, Individual Power, Predictor Variables, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Socialization

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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