Personality profile of athletes practising endurance disciplines

• Main Authors: Paweł Piepiora (Author), Juliusz Migasiewicz (Author), Dominika Napieraj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kazimierz Wielki University, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 2391-8306
• Keywords: sport psychology; personality profile; endurance disciplines; long-distance running; football; Education; L; Sports; GV557-1198.995; Medicine; R
• Source: Journal of Education, Health and Sport, Vol 9, Iss 4 (2019)

This paper concerns issues in the field of sport psychology. The purpose of the study was to determine the personality profile of athletes practising endurance disciplines - an individual one and a team one. The five-factor NEO-FFI personality inventory was used. The study involved senior-age men (N=60) engaged in the competitive practice of long-distance running (n=30) and football (n=30). It was demonstrated that long-distance runners are characterised by an average level of neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience and agreeableness and a high level of conscientiousness, while football players are different from the former, to a statistically significant degree, with regard to neuroticism and extraversion (higher in football players) and conscientiousness (higher in runners). The personality profile of long-distance runners differs from that of football players. The biggest discrepancies were revealed on the conscientiousness scale. A significant impact of the sport discipline practised on the personality profile of athletes was confirmed.