Team sports achievement and self-esteem development among urban adolescent girls

Sara Pedersen; Edward Seidman

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.2004.00158.x

Team sports achievement and self-esteem development among urban adolescent girls

Sara Pedersen, Edward Seidman

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In this study we investigate the contribution of achievement in team sports to adolescent girls' self-esteem development. Adolescent girls (N = 247) from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds were surveyed as part of a larger study investigating the development of poor urban youth. Participants responded to items tapping global self-esteem, team sports achievement, and athletic self-evaluations. The results of hierarchical regression analyses indicate that girls' team sports achievement experiences in early adolescence are positively associated with self-esteem in middle adolescence. This relationship is partially mediated by team sports self-evaluations. Applications of these findings to the development of interventions designed to enhance the self-esteem of young women and girls are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	412-422
Number of pages	11
Journal	Psychology of Women Quarterly
Volume	28
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.2004.00158.x
State	Published - Dec 2004

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Gender Studies
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
General Psychology

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