Analysis of personality profile in soccer players

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Published: Jul 2, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2016.n1.v2.304
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personality TIPI soccer athletes game positions

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Sónia Brito-Costa
Universidade de Aveiro
Angelica Piovesan
Universidade Tridentes
Florencio Vicente Castro
Universidad de Extremadura
Tamara Sales
Universidade Tridentes
Mª Isabel Ruiz Fernández
Universidad de Extremadura
Hugo de Almeida
Universidade Aveiro

Abstract

This study sought to determine the Personality Profile based on the Five Factor Model of Costa and McCrae (1987). The sample consisted of 170 male athletes of soccer sport. Were used as measures of self-report, the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI), (Brito-Costa, Moisão, Almeida, and Castro, 2015) Portuguese version. Statistical analysis was performed by the Statistical Software Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) in its 19 version for Windows. There were statistically significant differences in the Personality Profile of the athletes in particular, openness to new experiences factor in the midfielder position compared to other positions, as well as the conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to new experiences factors, between senior and subs, conscientiousness and emotional stability factors among in the 1st league seniors compared to 2nd league seniors

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Brito-Costa, S., Piovesan, A., Vicente Castro, F., Sales, T., Ruiz Fernández, M. I., & de Almeida, H. (2016). Analysis of personality profile in soccer players. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 2(1), 385–396. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2016.n1.v2.304
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Vol. 2 No. 1 (2016): PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE AND PROFESSION: LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.
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