Childhood antecedents of female socialization into competitive sports

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1997-11
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Otinwa, G.O.
Adeyeye, F.M.
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Abstract
After the Beijtng Conference in 1994, declaration and platform for action was set, Amongst the twelve critical areas of concern is the state of the girl-child which called on the government to encourage girls to participate in the social functioning of the society (Akande, 1995), Sports as an arm of social life relatively suffers deprivation of the girl-child in active and competitive sports, The focus bf this study is to find out childhood antecedents of female socialization into-competitive sports,
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A paper presented during the 11th Conference of Nigeria Association of Sports, Science and Medicine held at National Institute for Sport on 26th -29th November, 1997
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Government , Girl-child , Childhood , Female socialization , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
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Otinwa, G.O. & Adeyeye, F.M. (1997). Childhood antecedents of female socialization into competitive sports. A paper presented during the 11th Conference of Nigeria Association of Sports, Science and Medicine held at National Institute for Sport on 26th -29th November, 1997