Personality in Soccer
Investigation of the Five-Factor Model of Personality in High-Level Athletes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5285873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Spielmann (0000-0002-1625-9557, Saarland University, corresponding author), Adam Beavan (0000-0001-5186-2426), Jan Mayer (0000-0002-4734-6768, Saarland University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 896934-896934 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2624-9367 • E-ISSN: 2624-9367 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fspor.2022.896934 |
| PMID | 35694323 |
| OpenAlex | W4281560836 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
BackgroundIn high-level sports, rapid screening and diagnostic instruments are necessary considering limited access that researchers have to these athletes. In the area of sport psychological diagnostics, the NEO-FFI is a promising tool to gain information about an athlete's personality traits. The current study investigated the NEO-FFI's scientific quality criteria and general application to elite-level soccer.MethodsPersonality traits of 378 elite-level soccer athletes were assessed using the NEO-FFI. Analysis focused on internal consistency, factor structure and gender differences. Additionally, a second measurement with a 6-week interval was conducted with a sub-sample of 86 athletes to analyse test-retest reliability.ResultsOverall, the results are in line with previous findings outside high-level sports. For the total sample, alpha-levels from 0.68 to 0.84 and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) for test-retest measures from 0.86 to 0.91 could be found. Item-level principal component analysis using both oblimin and oblique rotation showed better stability in neuroticism (N) and conscientiousness (C) than in extraversion (E), openness (O), and agreeableness (A). Gender differences could be found in values of internal consistency, ICC and NEO-FFI traits.ConclusionThe results of this study demonstrate good transferability of the NEO-FFI from settings outside high-level sports into this specific niche of sport psychological assessment. However, the same weaknesses of the applied instrument in general populations were also replicated in the sporting population
Agreeableness · Athletes · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Extraversion and introversion · Neuroticism · Openness to experience · Personality · Physical therapy · Population · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Medicine · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |