Informational feedback and self-esteem among male and female athletes.
The self-esteem of male and female competitive athletes was compared after each was provided either positive or negative (verbal) informational feedback on a nonathletic task, a series of single-solution anagrams. Subjects were 50 men and 50 women, aged 18 to 25 years, who were tested on the semantic differential to estimate athletes' self-esteem before and after receiving the informational feedback. Over-all, female athletes responded more strongly to both feedback conditions, with both groups being more influenced by negative rather than by positive feedback.
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School of Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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McCarrey
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Ekstrand
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D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*