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  • The purpose of this study was to examine the role of gender, giftedness, informal exercise and team sports in the development of self-perceptions and identity of young adolescents. The study was conducted in 2 middle schools. The subjects were 305 students (138 nongifted females, 44 gifted females, 100 nongifted males, and 23 gifted males) in the 8th grade. Instruments used to survey students were the Physical Activity Survey, Harter's Self-Perception Profile, and the Erikson Psychosocial Stage Inventory. The results of the study show that participation in team sports had a positive effect on all domains of young adolescents' self-perceptions and identity development except behavioral conduct. Informal exercise had a positive effect on young adolescents' perceptions of social competence and their global self-worth but not on their identity development. Gender differences were found with males showing more positive self-perceptions of athletic competence, physical appearance, and global self-worth as well as higher resolution of the stages of autonomy and identity than females, and females showing more positive self-perceptions of behavioral conduct than males. There were no differences between gifted and nongifted with the exception that gifted students showed more positive scholastic competence than nongifted. The findings from this study suggest that participation in team sports is a part of young adolescents' development at the middle grades level. Middle schools may want to use the results of this study in planning programs. A well-planned sports program that emphasizes healthy competition for young adolescents may benefit both males and females. Educators may use these findings to counsel females to consider sports as one way to manage stress and to enhance self-concept and identity development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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