Peters, Rieke (2022) Do Sexual Orientation and Grunting in the Gym have an Effect on the Perception of an Athlete? Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
While most people have encountered grunting athletes in a gym before, little is known about the effect of this sound on the perception of the athlete. Does it make the athlete seem more masculine or even more attractive? And do gay athletes get the same privilege, or do they get perceived differently? Adding to the existing qualitative research, our quantitative study investigates the influence of grunting and sexual orientation on the perception of an athlete. We predict grunting athletes to be perceived as more masculine, more satisfied with their life and body, and to get more sexually objectified by the participants. We assigned the participants (N = 333) to the four conditions of grunting-heterosexual, nongrunting- heterosexual, grunting-homosexual and nongrunting-homosexual. The participants had to watch a video of an athlete of their condition working out. Subsequently, they completed a questionnaire investigating our variables of interest. Conducting ANOVAs, we found that grunting did not make the athlete be perceived as more masculine, attractive, or satisfied with their life and body. With this study being the first quantitative study on grunting in the gym space in social psychology, we provide a starting point for future studies.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Koc, Y. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Other [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Feb 2022 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2022 09:30 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/138 |
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