title: Perceived competence, social anxiety about physique, and enjoyment in testing situations among groups of mixed sex and girls only.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to assess whether there are differences in agility and coordination performance, anxiety about physique, perceived competence, and enjoyment between girls (n = 56) performing within mixed-sex versus all-female high school classes in physical education. A series of between-group comparisons yielded no significant differences between groups on measures of performance, perceived competence, and anxiety about physique; however, the mixed-sex group reported significantly greater enjoyment on both psychomotor tests than the all-female group (ps < or = .05). Results are discussed within other contexts such as sport motivation and Weiss and Chaumeton's (1992) theory of youth sport development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas-San Antonio 78249, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Ryska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D001828:Body Image; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011361:Professional Competence; D011897:Random Allocation; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception