Positive personality-trait-like individual differences in athletes from individual- and team sports and in non-athletes |
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| Affiliation: | 1. German Sport University Cologne, Germany;2. Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France;3. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain;4. Bournemouth University, United Kingdom;1. Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business, Department of Marketing, 485 B Business Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA;2. Technische Universität München, Department of Sport & Health Management, Campus D Uptown Munich, Georg-Brauchle-Ring 60/62, 80992 Munich, Germany;3. Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business, Department of Marketing, 482 Business Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA;1. University of Otago, Hillmorton Hospital;2. University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand;3. Department of Orthopedics, Sports Division, University of Colorado Hospital, Denver, CO;1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Universitat IllesBalears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;2. Psychology Faculty, Universitat IllesBalears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;3. Education Faculty, Universitat IllesBalears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;4. Faculty of Sport Sciences, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain;1. University of Münster, Germany;2. Federation University Australia, Australia;3. Victoria University, Australia;1. Department of Sport, Health, and Exercise Science, University of Hull, United Kingdom;2. Department of Psychology, Edge Hill University, United Kingdom;3. School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this study was twofold: first, to replicate the positive association between sport participation and positive personality-trait-like individual differences (PTLID), and second to investigate whether athletes from individual and team sports would differ regarding positive PTLID. Participants of this study – 600 non-athletes and 600 athletes (280 practicing individual sports, 320 team sports) – completed a battery of questionnaires designed to assess five characteristics grouped under the umbrella term of positive PTLID, including: perseverance, positivity, resilience, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. A first MANOVA revealed that athletes scored systematically higher than non-athletes on positive PTLID. A second MANOVA showed that athletes from individual sports scored higher on positive PTLID than athletes from team sports. This could be explained by the individual responsibility that comes from performing alone and the need to possess greater enduring personal dispositions to succeed. |
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| Keywords: | Personality Trait Stable differences Type of sport |
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