Les pratiques sportives des adolescents : une différenciation selon le genre

Abstract

The sexual identity of the subjects influences the value they concede to the activities (Eccles, Adler, Futterman, Goff, Kaczala, Meece, & Midgley, 1983). The purpose of this study is to examine whether the choice about sports activities of 858 teen-agers (403 boys and 455 girls) is linked to their gender-role (Bem, 1981). Statistical analysis (Chi2, MANOVAs, Multiple Components Analysis) were conducted from the answers of the subjects to : (a) the French short version of the BSRI (Fontayne, Sarrazin, & Famose, 2000), (b) a questionnaire where the subjects have to indicated their sex, their sport activity, and the type of this practice (competition / non-competition). The results show that the gender-based schematic processing affects the choice of the sport practice. The « masculine » and « feminine » subjects prefer sex-appropriate and avoid sex-inappropriate sports. The « androgynous » and « undifferenciated » subjects are more engaged in cross-sexual or « neutral » sports than the sex-typed subjects.