Community college male athletes and non-athletes: An examination of *status characteristics and rape -supportive attitudes.
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Title
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Community college male athletes and non-athletes: An examination of *status characteristics and rape -supportive attitudes.
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Identifier
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AAI3187432
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identifier
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3187432
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Creator
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Lavery, Cathryn F.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Gwendolyn L. Gerber
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Date
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2005
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Criminology and Penology | Psychology, Social | Education, Community College
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Abstract
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Male students who played on community college sports teams, designated "Athletes," and male students who were not on community college teams, designated "Non-athletes," participated in the study. The research compared how athletes and non athletes perceived their status in terms of the variety of dimensions, as well as how they thought others perceived them on those same status dimensions. The athletes and non-athletes completed questionnaires indicating their self-perceptions of their own present status with respect to their intellectual, athletic, educational, and social status. They also indicated their perceived future status: educational status, athletic status, non-athletic career status, and overall career success.;In addition to rating their own perceptions of their status, subjects were asked to rate how they thought others saw them on present and future status variables. These "other" people were involved in the subject's day-to-day life in college and included: other students, professors, and the current or last girlfriend. It was hypothesized that athletic subjects' self-perceptions and perceptions of how others thought of them would be higher in all status areas than the non-athletic subjects. It was also hypothesized that athletes would be more accepting of rape myths, including the belief that women lie about rape, than non-athletes.;Results found that athletes perceived themselves as having higher present and future athletic status than non-athletes, as predicted. In addition, athletes rated other people as seeing them with higher present and future athletic status than non-athletes. Contrary to the prediction, athletes thought others perceived them as having lower present and future educational status and lower overall future career success than non-athletes. Also, contrary to prediction, athletes saw themselves as having lower future non-athletic career status then non-athletes. An additional finding was that both groups believed their girlfriends perceived them as having overall higher present status than other students and professors.;Contrary to the hypotheses, athletes did not have a greater acceptance of rape myths than did non-athletes; however, they did believe that women lie more about rape.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
