Experiences and perceptions of the athletic and social body : an exploration of dual identities in collegiate female basketball players.

Female athletes who participate in sports that require body size, strength, and physicality may experience body dissatisfaction due to discrepancies between their bodies and idealized bodies of non-athlete women (Krane et al., 2004). The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the body-re...

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Main Author: Scarlett, Louisa J.
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/50393