Background and objective: Women have increasingly taken more part in a
rather male-dominated sport in recent years: football, so our study’s main focus
is exploring the acts and behaviors of the female athletes during a football
match. The study analyzes the sex-related differences in prosocial and antisocial
behaviors between male and female athletes.
Materials and methods: A total of 837 players, recruited from
various leagues in Turkey, participated in the study. Participants were active
female (n = 432) and male (n = 405) football players. The informed consent form
and Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior in Sport Scale (PABSS) were utilized as
data collection tools.
Results: Female football players displayed less prosocial and more
antisocial behaviors compared to male football players. Among all the league
statuses, both female and male players exhibited the highest prosocial and the
lowest antisocial behaviors in the top league status. Additionally, there were
statistically significant differences concerning the age variable (p
