scholarly journals Personality characteristics and competitive anxiety in individual and team athletes

PLoS ONE ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. e0262486
Author(s):  
Supatcharin Kemarat ◽  
Apiluk Theanthong ◽  
Wichai Yeemin ◽  
Sutima Suwankan
Keyword(s):  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory ◽  
And Gender

The purposes of this study were to investigate differences in personality and competitive anxiety depending on types of sports and gender, and to determine the influence of personality on competitive anxiety. Participants included 237 athletes (134 men and 103 women) who participated in the Thailand University Games, 2020. They were classified as individual (n = 114) and team (n = 123) athletes. Personality characteristics and competitive anxiety were assessed by using NEO five-factor inventory and sport competitive anxiety test. Differences between individual and team athletes and between gender were tested by using independent t-test. Relationships between personality and competitive anxiety were analyzed by using Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient. Moreover, multiple regression analysis was used to measure the contributions of personality on competitive anxiety. The results showed that competitive anxiety was significant difference between individual and team athletes (p = 0.03, d = 0.28). However, there was no difference in personality between groups. When compared between gender, there were significant differences in competitive anxiety (p < 0.001, d = 0.52) and the agreeableness (p = 0.04, d = -0.26) component of personality between female and male athletes. From the correlation analyzes, four characteristics of personality showed significant associations with competitive anxiety including neuroticism (r = -0.472, ρ < 0.001), extraversion (r = 0.184, ρ = 0.005), agreeableness (r = 0.147, ρ = 0.024), and conscientiousness (r = 0.202, ρ = 0.002). Among five personality factors, the neuroticism had minimally negative effect on competitive anxiety (β = -0.52) with percentage of prediction of 22%. These can be concluded that types of sport and gender are the important factors affecting personality and competitive anxiety. The athletes with certain personality traits were more susceptible to competitive anxiety. Importantly, the neuroticism could serve as a prediction of the competitive anxiety in all collegiate athletes.

scholarly journals Personality profiling of flying instructor and trainee instructor

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
K Anand ◽  
V Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Common Group ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory ◽  
Psychomotor Ability ◽  
High Level

Introduction: Military flying entails sound psychological health along with a high level of skill and aptitude. Pilots are selected on the basis of their psychological profile, psychomotor ability, and cognitive ability. Hence, the performance of pilots can be construed as a product of skill, attitude, and personality factors. Personality factors and cognitive ability have a vast impact on the flying performance and flight safety. This acquires a whole new dimension for flying instructors, as teaching the nuances of flying to a young flight cadet is a very challenging task. Materials and Methods: To study the personality and cognitive profile of the special group of flight instructors, 45 instructors and trainee instructors from flying instructors’ school, Tambaram, were administered NEO five- factor inventory and four cognitive tests comprising Stroop test, symbol-digit coding and digit span-backward and forward. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, and analysis of variance. Results and Discussion: Trainees and instructors constituted the sample wherein they were considered as a common group; hence, comparison between them was not carried out. The aircrew manifested emotional stability, high extraversion, willingness to experience novel experiences, low to average agreeableness, and average to very high conscientiousness. Their cognitive performance was compared with available norms for general population and was found to be above average. No significant difference was found in the personality dimensions or cognitive performance on the basis of mode of entry, stream, marital status, etc. Conclusion: Instructors came out to be more emotionally balanced, extraverted, and keen to have new experiences and had high conscientiousness compared to non-instructor pilots. The instructors showed above- average performance when compared to normative data provided by the test authors. It has implications for future studies with large samples and similar protocols.

scholarly journals Analysis of Sports Anxiety Levels among Experienced and Inexperienced Collegiate Athletes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 460-465
Author(s):  
Dr, Farooq Hussain ◽  
Muhammad Shah ◽  
Azmat Ali
Keyword(s):  
State Anxiety ◽  
Collegiate Athletes ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
College Level ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Cognitive Anxiety ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anxiety Levels ◽  
Different Levels

The study examined to analyze the different levels of pre-competitive anxiety for inexperienced and inexperienced athletes. The pre-competitive anxiety factors were evaluated with the help of competitive state anxiety inventory – 2 (Urdu version). CSAI-2 questionnaire is composed of twenty-seven items having three subscales e.g. cognitive anxiety, somatic anxiety, and self-confidence. A sample of 360 athletes was taken through a stratified sampling technique for the examination of pre-competitive anxiety levels. The data of 360 athletes were further stratified into two sets of 180 experienced and 180 inexperienced athletes between the ages of 16 to 27 years. The questionnaire was distributed one hour before the start of the competition. T-test has been used to assess the data collected for investigation. The results displayed a significant difference in somatic, cognitive aspects of anxiety and self-confidence among the college-level experienced and inexperienced athletes.

scholarly journals STAGES AND FACTORS AFFECTING THE AUTHORISATION OF JAWI WRITING IN SIX YEARS STUDENTS OF THE SERI DUYONG NATION SCHOOLS OF MALAYSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Afriyanto Bin Emri ◽  
Ahlam Binti Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Null Hypothesis ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Quantitative Form ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Primary And Secondary School

The aim of the study is to identify the extent and level affecting Jawi mastery after the decline in Jawi achievement in Islamic teaching subjects, including the Jawi proficiency test in writing, spelling, multiple-choice questions and Quranic writing. In this context, the main objective of this study is to identify the level of Jawi mastery, the difference between Jawi mastery factor and gender and Jawi mastery factor. The study is a quantitative survey and the selected study sample is a total of 72 students from Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Duyong Melaka. The research tool is using questionnaires. The data obtained in this quantitative form were analyzed descriptively and side-effects (t-test) to test the null hypothesis (s) of the study. The findings suggest that there is no significant difference in the gender of students with the Jawi mastery factor. Finally, the purpose of this study is to improve the education system with respect to responses at the primary and secondary school levels

scholarly journals Perfectionism, Self-Esteem, and the Will to Win Among Adolescent Athletes: The Effects of the Level of Achievements and Gender

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Dilsad Ahmed ◽  
Walter King Yan Ho ◽  
Shaheen Begum ◽  
Guillermo Felipe López Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Female Athletes ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Need For Approval ◽  
The Will ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Concern Over Mistakes ◽  
Fit Index

This study examined the relationships between perfectionism, self-esteem, and the will to win and the effects of gender and the level of achievement on these variables. A total of 318 adolescents in the age group of 12–19 years (M = 16.10 ± 1.01) completed the self-esteem questionnaire, the will-to-win questionnaire, and the perfectionism inventory. Interstate level (ISL) athletes obtained higher scores than interdistrict level (IDL) athletes on the following variables: self-esteem, the will to win, and four of the eight dimensions of perfectionism (i.e., concern over mistakes, the need for approval, organization, and planfulness). Further, male athletes obtained higher self-esteem and perfectionism (i.e., the need for approval and rumination) scores than female athletes. Self-esteem, the will to win, and the dimensions of perfectionism were positively and significantly interrelated. However, one dimension, namely, perceived parental pressure, was unrelated to any factor except striving for excellence. Further, the will to win, concern over mistakes, high standard for others, and planfulness were unrelated to striving for excellence. The results of the discriminant analysis revealed that there was no significant difference between ISL and IDL athletes (variance explained = 9.480%). Finally, using path analysis showed that Model 3 (perfectionism self-esteem will-to-win) has provided good model fit such as Bentler's comparative fit index (CFI) (0.987), Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) (0.876), normed fit index (NFI) (0.973), and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA) (0.097).

‘Big Five’ personality characteristics are associated with loneliness but not with social network size in older adults, irrespective of depression

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
N. Schutter ◽  
L. Koorevaar ◽  
T. J. Holwerda ◽  
M. L. Stek ◽  
J. Dekker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Network Size ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Partner Status ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Social Network Size ◽  
And Gender

ABSTRACTObjective:Loneliness and social isolation have negative health consequences and are associated with depression. Personality characteristics are important when studying persons at risk for loneliness and social isolation. The objective of this study was to clarify the association between personality factors, loneliness and social network, taking into account diagnosis of depression, partner status and gender.Design:Cross-sectional data of an ongoing prospective cohort study, the Netherlands Study of Depression in Older Persons (NESDO), were used.Setting and participants:474 participants were recruited from mental health care institutions and general practitioners in five different regions in the Netherlands.Measurements:NEO-Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI) personality factors and loneliness and social network were measured as well as possible confounders. Multinominal logistic regression analyses were performed to analyse the associations between NEO-FFI factors and loneliness and social network. Interaction terms were investigated for depression, partner status and gender.Results:Higher neuroticism and lower extraversion in women and lower agreeableness in both men and women were associated with loneliness but not with social network size irrespective of the presence of depression. In the non-depressed group only, lower openness was associated with loneliness. Interaction terms with partner status were not significant.Conclusions:Personality factors are associated with loneliness especially in women. In men lower agreeableness contributes to higher loneliness. In non-depressed men and women, lower openness is associated with loneliness. Personality factors are not associated with social network size.

scholarly journals Personality and Leadership as Antecedents of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: A Study of Mining Company in Goa

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-38
Author(s):  
Sonam J Gondlekar
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Citizenship ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Job Status ◽  
Mining Company ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Neo Five Factor Inventory ◽  
Organizational Tenure ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates the relationship between personality factors, leadership and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB), predict changes in OCB by personality and leadership, and analyze the influence of demographic variables (organizational tenure, educational qualifications, age, designation, gender and job status) on OCB, personality, leadership and their dimensions. The sample consisted of 203 employees from three units of Sesa Goa Ltd., a leading mining company in Goa. Three reliable and valid tools were employed for the assessment-Organizational Citizenship Behaviour, NEO Five Factor Inventory and Leadership Effectiveness scale. Results of correlation analysis indicated positive correlation between leadership (all dimensions) and OCB. Of five personality factors, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness showed positive correlation while neuroticism was found to be negatively correlated with OCB. Furthermore, result of regression analysis unveiled that 18% variance in OCB is contributed by leadership and 11% by personality. Unit wise differences were also evident in OCB. An incidental analysis using One Way ANOVA and t test revealed significant influence of organizational tenure and educational level on OCB. No significant difference was noticed on leadership and any of its dimensions. This study provides guidelines to aid managers better understand how to enhance OCB.

scholarly journals Depression: Personality and Gender towards Alcohol Drinking Attitude

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Thiyam Kiran Singh ◽  
Nishtha Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Drinking ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Population Analysis ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Drinking Alcohol ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

The main purpose of the research was to study the relationship between the personality characteristics and gender on attitude towards alcohol drinking of the patients who has depression. The study utilized a 2×2 design. The sample population was Ninety which comprised of Females and Males and all were patients diagnosed as depression. The samples were collected from Delhi, Ahmedabad and Mumbai using purposive sampling method. Patients who fulfilled inclusion criteria were administered McCroskey Introversion scale (1997) and based on the scoring, sample population was divided into two groups: 1. Introverts and 2. Extroverts people. Scoring high on the test was classified as introverts and patients who score low on the test were classified as extroverts. Further classification was done as introvert males, introvert females, extrovert males and extrovert females. Scale measuring Attitude Towards Alcohol by B.R Bharda and P.R Girija(1983) was administered on all four groups of sample population. Analysis was done by using 2- way Analysis of Variance. The study found significant difference of Personality Characteristics (Introversion &Extroversion) on Attitude towards alcohol and also significant difference of Gender (male &female) on Attitude towards alcohol which conclude that extrovert personality has negative attitude towards drinking alcohol whereas introvert personality has positive attitude towards drinking alcohol. Again, the study also proclaim that female has negative attitude towards drinking alcohol where as male has positive attitude towards drinking alcohol.

scholarly journals DOES PRE-COMPETITIVE ANXIETY INTERFERE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF BOXING ATHLETES IN BRAZIL? A PILOT STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-142
Author(s):  
Andres Armas Alejo ◽  
Felipe José Aidar ◽  
Dihogo Gama de Matos ◽  
Marcelo Danillo dos Santos ◽  
Dilton dos Santos Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adult ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Level Of Evidence ◽  
Male Athletes ◽  
Competitive Anxiety ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Cognitive Anxiety ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Anxiety Levels

ABSTRACT Introduction: Pre-competitive anxiety is one of the psychological factors that can greatly influence athletes' performance, especially when it comes to individual sport like boxing. Objective: To analyze the level of pre-competitive anxiety in male athletes in the adult and young adult categories, and their correlation with the final results of the last Brazilian National Championship. Methods: A total of 60 young adult athletes participated in the study: 38 non-medalists (17.17±0.54 years and 66.38±13.21 kg) and 22 medalists (17.48±0.54 years and 66.21±12.96 kg). The “adults” group consisted of 35 athletes: 11 non-medalists (22.60±4.65 years and 68.33±14.08 kg) and 24 medalists (22.60±4.82 years and 67.33 ±13.13 kg). Results: The levels of cognitive anxiety in the young adult athletes group presented significant differences: medalists presented lower scores than non-medalists (12.77±2.62 and 15.92±5.20, respectively). In the adults group, medalists presented higher scores than non-medalists (15.23±4.42 and 12.00±4.11). Significant differences were observed in somatic anxiety levels between the young adult medalists and the other groups (p = 0.038). In addition, levels of self-confidence were high in all groups (young adult non-medalists = 29.42±4.82; adult non-medalists = 26.14±4.94, young adult medalists = 31.59±4.24 and adult medalists = 28.91±4.88). Conclusion: We conclude that self-confidence may interfere with anxiety levels, considering that medal-winning boxers are less prone to cognitive anxiety than non-medalists, and that both groups have high levels of self-confidence. Level of evidence I; High quality randomized trial with statistically significant difference or no statistically significant difference but narrow confidence intervals.

scholarly journals Determination of Anthropometric Indicators of 2 to 6 Years Old Kindergarten and Preschool Children in Isfahan City in 2017

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid ZARRIN KAFSH ◽  
Gholam Hossein HALVANI ◽  
Hossein FALLAH ◽  
Mahsa ASGARI
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Age And Sex

Introduction: Creation of anthropometric database in any age group is one of the most important issues in designing and manufacturing of used equipment. The aim of this study was to determine the anthropometric characteristics of nurses of kindergartens and preschools in Isfahan in the age range of 2 to 6 years and to create an information reference.Materials and Methods: In this applied study, 700 healthy male and female boys were selected randomly from cluster sampling from nursery schoolchildren and preschools in Isfahan city. 36 anthropometric measurements of them were cross-sectional in the academic year 1396 to 1397. And indicators and statistical percentiles (5.50 and 95) were extracted.Results: Statistical indexes and percentiles were presented as an anthropometric database in 5 age groups and in two sex groups. Age and sex were influenced by most anthropometric variables and significant difference (P <0.05). .Conclusion: The age and sex are two factors affecting anthropometric variables. Therefore, it is necessary to use the anterpometric database of the same age group and gender in the design of the equipment.

Prison Changed Me—and I Just Work There: Personality Changes Among Prison Officers

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-186
Author(s):  
Tomer Einat ◽  
Nina Suliman
Keyword(s):  
Interaction Effect ◽  
Personality Change ◽  
Downward Trend ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Personality Changes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Impact

This study examined the impact of prison officers’ time on the job on changes in two personality factors, conscientiousness and agreeableness. The results confirmed the hypotheses that after four years of work, there was a clear interaction effect and significant difference between prison officers and the control group regarding the personality factors examined. A downward trend in conscientiousness and agreeableness was indicated, contrary to the trend that characterized the employees in the control organizations. These findings suggest a unique personality change among prison officers as a result of their work, which could have a negative effect.

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