Athletics

Discover the latest research on Athletics + Girls.

  • Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study.

    Chekroud, S. R., Gueorguieva, R., Zheutlin, A. B., Paulus, M., Krumholz, H. M., Krystal, J. H., & Chekroud, A. M. (2018). Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 5(9), 739–746. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30227-x

  • Benefits - Why Sports Participation for Girls and Women

    Benefits - Why Sports Participation for Girls and Women. (n.d.). Retrieved October 31, 2017, from https://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/advocate/foundation-positions/mental-physical-health/benefits-sports-participation-girls-women/

  • Building Leadership Skills in Middle School Girls Through Interscholastic Athletics

    ERIC. (2003). Building Leadership Skills in Middle School Girls Through Interscholastic Athletics. Retrieved October 31, 2017, from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED479832.pdf Full Text

  • Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology

    Courtney C. Walton, Kate Gwyther, Caroline X. Gao, Rosemary Purcell & Simon M. Rice (2022) Evidence of gender imbalance across samples in sport and exercise psychology, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/1750984X.2022.2150981 Full Text

  • Facts: Sports Activity and Children

    Facts: Sports Activity and Children. (n.d.). Retrieved October 31, 2017, from https://www.aspenprojectplay.org/the-facts

  • The Girls’ Index: Girls and Sports Impact Report

    Hinkelman, L. (2018). The Girls’ Index: Girls and Sports Impact Report. Columbus, OH: Ruling Our eXperiences, Inc. Access

  • Identities and Relationships: Black and Latina Adolescent girls in Sport‑Based Youth Development Programs

    Description goes hereArinze, N.A., McGarry, J.E. (2021). Identities and relationships: Black and Latina adolescent girls in sport-based youth development programs. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 38, 475–486 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10560-021-00775-8 Full Text

  • Leadership Development of Team Captains in Collegiate Varsity Athletics

    Grandzol, C., Perlis, S., & Draina, L. (2010). Leadership Development of Team Captains in Collegiate Varsity Athletics. Journal of College Student Development,51(4), 403-418. doi:10.1353/csd.0.0143 Full Text

  • Participation in Physical Activities and Sports: Benefits, Patterns, Influences and Ways Forward

    Bailey, R., Wellard, I., & Dismore, H. (n.d.). Girls’ Participation in Physical Activities and Sports: Benefits, Patterns, Influences and Ways Forward. Retrieved October 31, 2017, from https://www.icsspe.org/sites/default/files/Girls.pdf

  • Practical, professional or patriarchal? An investigation into the socio-cultural impacts of gendered school sports uniform and the role uniform plays in shaping female experiences of school sport

    Tess Howard (2023) Practical, professional or patriarchal? An investigation into the socio-cultural impacts of gendered school sports uniform and the role uniform plays in shaping female experiences of school sport, Sport, Education and Society, DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2023.2189232 Full Text

  • Psycho-Physiological Contributions of Physical Activity and Sports for Girls

    Bunker, L. K. (1998, February 28). Psycho-Physiological Contributions of Physical Activity and Sports for Girls. Retrieved October 31, 2017, from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED418935

  • The relationship between athletic participation and high school students' leadership ability.

    Dobosz, R., & Beaty, L. (1999). The relationship between athletic participation and high school students' leadership ability. Adolescence,(Spring ), 215-220. Retrieved November 1, 2017. PMID: 10234379

  • Where will you find your next leader?

    EY. (2015). Where will you find your next leader? Retrieved October 31, 2017, from http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/EY-where-will-you-find-your-next-leader/$FILE/where-will-you-find-your-next-leader-report-from-EY-and-espnw.pdf Full Report

  • Why female athletes make winning entrepreneurs

    EY. (2017). Why female athletes make winning entrepreneurs. Retrieved October 31, 2017, from http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/EY-why-female-athletes-make-winning-entrepreneurs/$FILE/EY-why-female-athletes-make-winning-entrepreneurs.pdf Full Report

  • School Sports Participation and Academic Achievement in Middle and High School

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  • A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport

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  • Inequalities in Girls' High School Sports Participation: How Social Class, Race/Ethnicity, and Gender Route Opportunities to Play and Persist in Athletics

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