Do personality traits determine future achievements in the sport of archery?
Journal Title: Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Science - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Background. Psychological studies play an important role in understanding behaviours such as social relationships, decision-making, coping with stress and other activities. Several epidemiological psycho-medical observations carried out throughout the last decade have revealed close relationships between personality and the general health level; therefore, some psychological investigations might be considered as a diagnostic tool for preventive medicine. For a long time sport has been a testing ground for experimental, concurrent biomedical studies on the human mind and bodily development in healthy youths and young adults. Hence, the intent of our study was to identify possible relationships between selected personality traits among young male and female archers and their sport achievements in the future. Material and methods. 20 male and 19 female archers of a similar average age (16.4 and 16.5, respectively) completed appropriate psychological tests with the use of standardized inventories in order to determine selected personality traits. 16 years later the data were analyzed with regards to sport achievements expressed by numerical rating, which had been recorded until the end of their career. Results. There were no significant differences between the males and females in the scores of the examined features, that is: trait anxiet y, neuroticism, extraversion, briskness, perseveration, sensory sensitivity, emotional reactivity, endurance, activity and motivation to achieve. There were no relationships between sport achievements and any of the examined traits in the males, while among female archers there were significant positive correlations between spo rt achievements and anxiety, neuroticism, and emotional reactivity in the scores (r= 0.61, 0.59, 0.50, respectively). Conclusions. In young archers there are no significant sex-related differences in personality traits, but this thesis is of limited value beca use of the small sample size. Assuming that the personality of young athletes is not very stable, it is recommended that prognoses regarding sport achievements be only short-term.
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Zbigniew Obmiński, Helena Mroczkowska
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