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- Title
PERSONALITY IN HIGH-RISK SPORTS ATHLETES.
- Authors
Kajtna, Tanja; Tu&scaronak, Matej; Bari&cacute, Renata; Burnik, Stojan
- Abstract
The research investigated personality traits of high-risk sports athletes. The aim was to investigate the personality dimensions and compare the results to the results of non-risk sports athletes and non-athletes. Thirty eight high-risk sports athletes participated in the research (alpinists, sky divers, paragliders, white-water kayakers, downhill mountain-bikers, motocross riders, downhill skiers and ski jumpers). The non-risk sports athletes consisted of 38 swimmers, track athletes, sailors, flat-water kayakers, rowers, Nordic skiers, sports climbers and karatekas. The non-athletes were equalled with both groups in age and education and included 76 non-athletes. The Big Five Observer Scale was used. It was found that high-risk sports athletes scored highest in emotional stability, they were followed by the non-athletes and the lowest scores were achieved by non-risk sports athletes. The same order of groups was shown in conscientiousness and energy. Openness was highest in the non-risk sports athletes, followed by the non-athletes and the lowest score was achieved by the high-risk sports athletes. The differences in acceptability were not significant. Four out of five hypotheses were accepted.
- Subjects
ATHLETES; EXTREME sports; PERSONALITY; SPORTS; PHYSICAL fitness; SKIERS
- Publication
Kinesiology, 2004, Vol 36, Issue 1, p24
- ISSN
1331-1441
- Publication type
Article