Relative age effects and the second-quartile phenomenon in young female ice hockey players

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dc.contributor.authorHancock, David J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-01T17:23:00Z
dc.date.available2018-02-01T17:23:00Z
dc.date.issued2017-09
dc.descriptionThis is an Original Manuscript of an article published by Elsevier in Psychology of Sport and Exercise on September 2017, available online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.05.002.en
dc.description.abstractRelative age effects exist across sports and cultures (Cobley, Baker, Wattie, & McKenna, 2009), though a recent, unusual trend is females born in the second quartile of the selection year are most over-represented on elite teams. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the second-quartile phenomenon was the result of first-quartile female athletes registering to play male sport. Players included 29,924 female ice hockey players (ages 7-17 years). Relative age effects (the second quartile most over-represented) existed for the entire sample (χ2 [3, 29923] = 401.95, p < .001), those registered for female ice hockey (χ2 [3, 24984] = 369.90, p < .001) and those registered for male ice hockey (χ2 [3, 4938] = 37.88, p < .001). It appears the second-quartile phenomenon cannot be explained by athletes’ choice to play male sport. The discussion includes integration of results with previous literature, along with plausible explanations.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2017.05.002
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2022/21887
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPsychology of Sport and Exerciseen
dc.subjectbirthdateen
dc.subjectparticipationen
dc.subjectbirth rate distributionen
dc.subjectfemale sporten
dc.titleRelative age effects and the second-quartile phenomenon in young female ice hockey playersen
dc.typeArticleen

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