A Survey of Gender Identity Differences of Male and Female Professional Athletes in Iran

The aim of this study was to compare gender identity of male and female professional athletes in Iran. This study was descriptive, correlation and casual-comparative. The population consisted of all male and female, individual and team players in the national and professional sports teams (N=380). Using Morgan and Krejcie Table, 191 male and female athletes in individual and team sports were selected. In 1974, psychologist Sandra Bam provided a test that measured androgyny. The mean feminine identity, as expected, was higher in female athletes (5.11±0.432) and it was lower in male athletes than female athletes (4.96±0.502). Mean androgynous identity was equal in male and female athletes which was 4.95±0.475 in female athletes and 4.93±0.409 in male athletes. t obtained in this test was -2.263 and the significance level was less than 0.05 which showed a significant difference in gender identity between men and women.