Little League Baseball and Players' Self-Esteem
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 55 (3_suppl) , 1335-1340
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1982.55.3f.1335
Abstract
The effect of a season of Little League baseball on the self-esteem of 94 players was investigated. The Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory assessed General-Self, Social-Self, Home-Parents, School-Academic, and a Lie scale. A Baseball-Self scale was devised. Independent variables were players' ages and team affiliation. Data were reliable. Significant improvements in players' total Self-esteem, Home-Parents and School-Academic scores were found at the end of the season. Social-Self scores significantly decreased for 9- and 10-yr.-old players. Baseball-Self scores were significantly lowered on only two of the eight teams. Significant changes in the various dimensions of self-esteem were unrelated to coaches' ratings of players' baseball ability.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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