Investigating the relationship between gender stereotypes and the formation of individual identity of elite female futsal athletes

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between gender stereotypes and the formation of individual identity of elite female futsal athletes. The research was applied in terms of the nature of the problem and the type of purpose, and in terms of descriptive research method, it was correlational. The statistical population includes all the elite players of the Premier League and the national women's futsal team of Tehran, which according to the announcement of the Women's Football Federation is 260 people. Using Cochran's formula, a sample size of 152 people was considered. The method of data collection included: library and field. In order to collect data, two standard questionnaires of tolerant individual identity (2012) and Bam gender role (1974) were used. To describe the data from descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to determine the normality of research variables and also to analyze the data, Multivariate regression and path analysis were used. The results showed that there is a direct relationship between gender stereotypes and the confusing identity of elite female futsal athletes, and also between gender stereotypes and the accrual identity of elite female futsal athletes.