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Title
Sub-par attributions: why women give up golf
Description
In the United States, recreational female golfers give up golf at twice the rate of recreational male golfers. This study explored the causal attributions of 240 recreational golfers after a practice session at a public golf facility. Attributions can be adaptive or maladaptive after a performance and can influence subsequent motivation to engage in a similar task again. It was hypothesized that male and female golfers would make significantly different attributions for their performance and that female golfers' attributions would be maladaptive. As the attrition rate for female golfers is highest in the first five years, it is also hypothesized that women's attributions will become more adaptive over time and that attributions will be moderated by the number of years playing golf and perceived level of success. A survey was used to measure golfers' attributions and general questions provided data for the number of years playing golf and gender. The subscales in the attribution survey were internal control, external control and stability. Attributions are adaptive or maladaptive depending on the level of perceived success, so success of the practice performance was collected. The hypothesis that recreational female golfers make significantly different attributions than recreational male golfers was supported only by the external control sub-scale. Female golfers perceived their performance as significantly less successful than male golfers. Considering this perception of success, women golfers' attributions were maladaptive. The hypothesis that women golfers' attributions become more adaptive over time was supported. Time playing golf predicted a significant amount of variance for internal attributions of female golfers. However, the hypothesis that attributions will be moderated by the number of years playing golf and perceived success was not supported.
Date Created
2010
Contributors
- Shapcott, Susan (Author)
- Husman, Jenefer (Thesis advisor)
- Brem, Sarah (Committee member)
- Mean, Lindsey (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
viii, 108 p
Language
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8618
Statement of Responsibility
by Susan Shapcott
Description Source
Viewed on Jan. 25, 2012
Level of coding
full
Note
Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2010
Note type
thesis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-94)
Note type
bibliography
Field of study: Educational psychology
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