The Impact of Sports Activities on the Androgynous Behavior in Sport Science Faculty’s Students
- DOI
- 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.98How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Androgynous Behavior, Androgyny, Sport Psychology
- Abstract
Androgyny is defined as the opposite characteristics between the gender and appearance. This study aims to determine the impact of sports activity on the tendency of androgynous behavior in female students of Sport Science Faculty. This is a descriptive qualitative study. There were 20 research subjects participated in this study. Furthermore, after being evaluated by Bem Sex Role Inventor (BSRI), six research subjects are categorized in androgyny category. The deep interview was performed to investigate the factors which influence them. The results, five research subjects stated that sport activities create and support their androgyny behavior. Most of them argued that their appearance makes them more confidence and simple. So they could perform better in their sport. Moreover, the environment in the competitive sport requires them to be competitive and strong. So, being strong and looks masculine are the dream of them. Furthermore, five of them started the androgyny behavior after junior high or senior high school. In conclusion, the androgynous behavior in sport science faculty is influenced by the sport characteristic.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Anung Priambodo AU - Muhammad Rifki Sodaqta AU - Muchamad Arif Al Ardha PY - 2019/08 DA - 2019/08 TI - The Impact of Sports Activities on the Androgynous Behavior in Sport Science Faculty’s Students BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 614 EP - 621 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.98 DO - 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.98 ID - Priambodo2019/08 ER -