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Clothing Preferences of Male Athletes: Actual and Perceived
Author(s) -
Reeder Ernestine N.,
Drake Mary Frances
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8000800505
Subject(s) - clothing , athletes , psychology , preference , perception , social psychology , white (mutation) , race (biology) , socioeconomic status , black male , demography , medicine , physical therapy , population , statistics , mathematics , gender studies , geography , sociology , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , neuroscience , gene
Clothing preferences of 74 black and 42 white male university athletes in relation to their self‐concept, athletic ability, race, socioeconomic status, and white student perception were investigated. Instruments used were the Tennessee Self‐Concept Scale, an athletic ability rating scale, a background information sheet, and a clothing preference and perception measure. Data were analyzed with multiple regression and analysis of variance. Race was a significant variable for clothing preferences of male athletes. White students perceived black athletes as wearing clothing that was more attention‐getting than that worn by white athletes. Actual clothing preference differed from perceived clothing preference for black, but not for white athletes.