Linking personality traits to objective foul records in (semi-)professional youth basketball |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Copenhagen, Denmark;2. University of Siegen, Germany;3. University of Goettingen, Germany;4. University of Mannheim, Germany;5. Ghent University, Belgium;6. University of Exeter, UK;1. University at Albany, State University of New York, United States;2. University of Connecticut, United States;1. The National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Science Division, at Veteran Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States;2. Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, United States;1. Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, Singapore;2. Institute of Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany;1. Illinois Institute of Technology, United States;2. University of Reading, United Kingdom;3. Adult and Child Therapy Center, Saudi Arabia;4. Cardiff University, United Kingdom;1. Technische Universität Dresden, Department of Psychology, Dresden, Germany;1. Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, United States;2. Department of Psychology, St. John’s University, United States |
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| Abstract: | Rule breaking behavior in sports (e.g., fouls) can impact the outcome of games, tournaments, or even whole seasons. Although personality traits have been related to different forms of rule breaking behavior across fields, it has hardly been investigated whether personality traits predict rule breaking behavior in sports. We ran a longitudinal study with 242 (semi-)professional basketball players. Specifically, we measured personality traits prior to the start of the season and official foul statistics per player during the season. Out of the basic personality traits from the HEXACO Model of Personality, Conscientiousness accounted for a substantial amount of variability in the committed/called fouls, whereas no robust relations with other traits or a sports-oriented personality trait (i.e., Sports Mental Toughness) were found. |
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| Keywords: | Basketball Personality traits Fouls Youth sports HEXACO Sports performance Sports Mental Toughness |
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