Abstract
The purpose of this research was to examine possible relations between basic personality traits and cognitive abilities and basic physical functions in a sample of female candidates studying at Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies (ACPS) in Belgrade. Literature review has shown that this problem has not been sufficiently studied, so it would benefit to gain a deeper insight into understanding of psychophysical functioning. Further contribution would include a better understanding of the nature of mind-body influence. In pragmatic sense, this work should help improve professional orientation and selection tasks in Police education and different profiles of police forces in Serbia. Samples of 267 female candidates studying at ACPS, aged 18 to 19 were given different personality and cognitive tests. Basic motoric space was covered by seven representative tests. The data was subjected to correlational analysis. There were few small statistically significant correlation coefficients. Further analysis by canonical correlations analysis has not given statistically significant canonical correlations. There were most significant correlations between contraction and stretching test and psychological characteristics. Those findings lead authors to conclude that this very physical trait in a sample of women is sensitive to psychological influence in case of professional selection.
Highlights
Personality and physical abilities are complex constructs that can be tested in various ways
Since joint research of psychological and physical characteristics is not conducted often, especially in the case of female subjects, this data could be very useful for future research and comparison
Success in performing situps is positively correlated with verbal ability
Summary
Personality and physical abilities are complex constructs that can be tested in various ways. There are many attempts to correlate personality characteristics with both physical health and with physical disabilities and mental readiness. In theory, confirming the relationship between personality and body, the physical characteristics indicate psychological and physical integrity of human beings. Friedman and Boot-Kewley [1] conducted a meta-analysis of 101 studies of relationships of personality and various kinds of diseases. They came to the conclusion that the negative personality traits such as depression, anxiety, aggression and introversion are related to different types of illnesses. Smith [2] came to similar findings showing that neuroticism and hostility are risk factors for poor health
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