TY - JOUR
T1 - Sport as socialization
T2 - A critique of methodological premises
AU - McCormack, Jane B.
AU - Chalip, Laurence
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - According to some researchers, sports teach hard work, competitiveness and sacrifice - values rewarded in modern industrial society. Others counter that evidence for this is lacking. Moreover sports teach authoritarian values and unrealistic expectations. With one exception, the research designs are flawed in that children are not assigned randomly to the sports group or the control group. After extensively reviewing the literature, the article illustrates its conclusions with interviews of 40 boys and girls.
AB - According to some researchers, sports teach hard work, competitiveness and sacrifice - values rewarded in modern industrial society. Others counter that evidence for this is lacking. Moreover sports teach authoritarian values and unrealistic expectations. With one exception, the research designs are flawed in that children are not assigned randomly to the sports group or the control group. After extensively reviewing the literature, the article illustrates its conclusions with interviews of 40 boys and girls.
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U2 - 10.1016/0362-3319(88)90055-9
DO - 10.1016/0362-3319(88)90055-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38249030394
SN - 0362-3319
VL - 25
SP - 83
EP - 92
JO - The Social Science Journal
JF - The Social Science Journal
IS - 1
ER -