Small Relative Age Effect Appears in Professional Female Italian Team Sports
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15499443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paolo Riccardo Brustio (0000-0001-8422-5132, University of Verona), Gennaro Boccia (0000-0001-8706-4098, University of Turin), Paolo De Pasquale (0000-0003-1688-2151, University of Turin), Corrado Lupo (0000-0003-1546-8573, University of Turin, corresponding author), Alexandru Nicolae Ungureanu (0000-0002-8780-1737, University of Turin) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 385-385 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph19010385 |
| PMID | 35010643 |
| OpenAlex | W4205413580 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 4 |
The relative age effect (RAE) concerns those (dis)advantages and outcomes resulting from an interaction between the dates of selection and birthdates. Although this phenomenon is well known in a male context, limited data are available in female sports. Thus, the aim of this study was to quantify the prevalence and magnitude of the RAE in a female Italian context at the professional level in basketball, soccer, and volleyball. A total of 1535 birthdates of elite senior players were analyzed overall and separately between early and late career stages. Chi-square goodness-of-fit tests were applied to investigate the RAE in each sport. An asymmetry in birthdates was observed in all sports (Crammer's V ranged = 0.10-0.12). Players born close to the beginning of the year were 1.62 and 1.61 times more likely to reach first and second Italian divisions of soccer and volleyball, respectively, than those born in the last part of the year. A small over-representation of female athletes born close to the beginning of the year is evident at the senior professional level in all Italian investigated team sports. In soccer, this trend was more evident in the first stage of a senior career
Athletes · Basketball · Context (archaeology · Elite · Geography · Physical therapy · Sociology · Demography · Medicine · Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance · Sports injuries and prevention · Sports Performance and Training
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| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |