The impact of gender discrimination on trait sports confidence (TSCI) in Pakistani athlete’s
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The main purpose of the study was to study the gender discrimination and trait sports confidenceof Pakistani sport persons withspecial reference to their socio-cultural factors associated with female sports participation and performance.Another purpose of the study was to examine and find out whether one psychosocial (self-confidence) dimension exercised a stronger influence on gender. The analysis was administered to a sample of 300 (150 males and 150 females) athletes aged 17 to 24 who participated sports at various level in a variety of sports like cricket, hockey, basketball, table tennis, badminton and athletics. Each of the subject responded to a modified version of Trait Sports Confidence Inventory (Vealey, R.S. (1986). An analysis of the results illustrated that significant difference existed between male and female player’s trait sportconfidence due to the socioeconomic and socio cultural attitudes and environments.
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