84 female gymnasts at the 1982 National Collegiate Athletic Association National Gymnastics Championships completed the Bern Sex-role Inventory. The data were compared with previously published data on sex-role orientations of female athletes and nonathletes. The gymnasts' sex-role orientations were significantly different from both the normative sample of college students and the previously published sex-role orientations of track and field athletes. These results support the hypothesis that sex-role orientation may be a major determinant in the choice to participate in some women's sports.
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