Abstract
To identify possible relationships among 16 motor and 11 personality variables, 152 women and 77 men, ages 22 to 30 yr., were tested, using factor analysis with varimax rotation. The hypotheses were that (1) specific personality characteristics are related to specific motor characteristics, (2) motor and personality characteristics are clustered in a common structure, (3) sex differences exist in the relations between personality and motor performance. Analyses confirmed Hypotheses 1 and 3. Only two of the 11 tested personality variables (Extraversion and ability to delay gratification) were related to some of the motor variables, Reaction time, Balance, and Kinesthesis. These relations as well as the factorial structure differed for men and women. As the personality and motor variables were not clustered in common factorial pattern for both sexes, Hypothesis 2 was rejected.
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