Relative Age Effect in Canadian Hockey: Prevalence, Perceived Competence and Performance.

ABSTRACT: The term "relative age effect" (RAE) is used to describe a bias in which participation in sports (and other fields) is higher among people who were born at the beginning of the relevant selection period than would be expected from the distribution of births. In sports, RAEs may affect the psychological experience of players as well as their performance. This article presents 2 studies. Study 1 aims to verify the prevalence of RAEs in minor hockey and test its associations with players' physical self-concept and attitudes toward physical activities in general. Study 2 verifies the prevalence of the RAE and analyzes the performance of Canadian junior elite players as a function of their birth quartile. In study 1, the sample is drawn from 404 minor hockey players who have evolved from a recr

SUBMITTER: Lemoyne J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7969529 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature