Social networks and gender in organized youth sports
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6145076 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Håvard Bergesen Dalen (0009-0003-4000-6298, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences), Ørnulf Seippel (0000-0003-2952-090X, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 323-341 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal for Sport and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1613-8171 • E-ISSN: 2380-5919 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/16138171.2019.1693143 |
| OpenAlex | W2991856932 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 52 |
Sports are social, and the sociability of sports (e.g. individual experiences, group cohesion or generalised social trust) and its consequences (e.g. enjoyment, inclusion, or social capital) depends on the social networks in sports teams. In this study we investigate various types of social networks in sports—strong and weak—for boys and girls. We look at the number of social relations in each team (average degree), how centralised and hierarchical teams are, and how each team clusters and consists of subgroups. We hypothesise that: (i) Boys' and girls' teams differ in number of social relations, (ii) Boys' social networks are more hierarchical than girls' networks, and (iii) Girls' teams are more clustered than boys' teams. Network data from 387 adolescent athletes on 30 sports teams in football, handball, cross-country skiing and biathlon were collected with an electronic survey-questionnaire. The results reveal large differences in network structures between teams. We find that the total number of social relations is higher in girls' teams, that there are small gender differences with respect to networks' hierarchies, and that girls' networks cluster more than boys' networks
Athletes · Cluster (spacecraft · Cohesion (chemistry · Football · Gender relations · Group cohesiveness · Interpersonal ties · Peer group · Peer relations · Political science · Social capital · Social media · Social network (sociolinguistics · Social network analysis · Social science · Sociology · Complex Network Analysis Techniques · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support
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Unpacking the Gender System
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Causal Mechanisms in the Social Sciences
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |