Masculine versus feminine sports: The effects of peer attitudes and fear of negative evaluation on sports participation among Taiwanese college students

This study posits that gender stereotypes, peer attitudes, and fear of negative evaluation affect intention to participate in masculine/feminine sports. We conducted two separate studies to examine the posited hypotheses. A two-stage sampling method was utilized for data collection with 452 valid self-administered survey questionnaires collected. A 2 (gender: male/ female) x 2 (peer attitudes: positive/negative) x 2 (fear of negative evaluation: high/low) between-subject ANOVA was conducted for data analysis. The findings revealed that males are more likely than females to participate in masculine sports, while females are more likely than males to participate in feminine sports. In addition, males with positive peer attitudes are more likely than males with nega tive peer attitudes to participate in masculine sports. Females with high fear of negative evaluation are less likely than females with low fear of negative evaluation to participate in masculine sports. © 2013 Presses universitaires de Grenoble.