Comparison of athletes’ personality characteristics in individual and team sports

By M. E. Nia, M. Besharat. 2010

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Abstract This study compared athletes’ personality characteristics in individual and team sports. 134 athletes (92 team, 42 individual, 88 males, and 46 females) completed the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R) and the Sociotropy-Autonomy Scale (SAS). The results revealed that individual sport athletes scored significantly higher on conscientiousness and autonomy than did team sport athletes. The team sport athletes scored significantly higher on agreeableness and sociotropy than did the individual sport athletes. No significant difference was found between the two groups on neuroticism, extraversion, and openness. It can be concluded that athletes’ personality characteristics are different for individual and team sports.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Clinical Psychology

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• Personality in sport: a comprehensive review (2013, background): “…team sport athletes show higher levels of extraversion and lower levels of conscientiousness than individual sport athletes (Allen et al., 2011; Nia & Besharat, 2010; Eagleton, McKelvie, & deMan, 2007) and athletes in high-risk sports show higher levels of extraversion and lower levels of…”