Gender matters in sport event volunteering

Gender verification in sport.

Gender Matters

Previous studies while demonstrating the presence of blood group isoantigens on normal prostatic epithelium have failed to identify such antigens on malignant prostatic tissue. Using a series of blood group specific monoclonal antibodies directed towards the A, B, H and Y antigens we have reinvestigated blood group isoantigen expression in both benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostatic adenoca...

Gender Differences in the Correlates of Volunteering and Charitable Giving

Psychological research has found that women score higher on most measures of the traits, motivations, and values that predict helping others, and women are more likely to help family and friends. However, sex differences in the institutional helping behaviors of volunteering and charitable giving are small. This article seeks to explain this apparent contradiction with the hypotheses that men h...

Gender Differences In Volunteering Behavior: Analysis On Korean Population

With rapid trend of aging society and family disorganization, the role of private resources in strengthening social welfare activities becomes more significant. With economic development, Korean citizens’ giving culture has been settled solidly. In 2009, Korean citizen’s volunteering participation rate reached 23.9% which showed 8.5% increase compared to 2007 rate of 15.8%. Average annual volun...

'Compliance' versus 'adherence' in sport injury prevention: why definition matters.

For sport injury prevention efforts to be successful, athletes must adopt and continue to use preventive measures. To this end, researchers have conceptualised intervention uptake as both a modifying factor in efficacy trials, and as an outcome in effectiveness and implementation studies. While this has advanced our understanding of effective intervention designs, dose–response relationships, a...