Abstract
To uncover the main dimensions of sport personality traits, a lexical study was conducted. In the first two phases, 321 adjectives denoting the way somebody practices sports were selected. In the third phase, 555 respondents self-rated the adjectives. Congruence analyses provided evidence of six factors, five of which are sport personality trait factors (friendly fairness, resilience, drive, perfectionism, and inventiveness) plus one physical individual difference factor (agility). Marker scales from the sport personality trait factors show convergent correlations with the generic HEXACO personality obtained years earlier. Furthermore, meaningful relations with the six most frequently practiced sport and leisure activities were observed. Contextualized sport personality trait factors can be useful in research on sport preferences, sport behaviors, and sport outcomes.
Highlights
There has been a proliferation of personality concepts that are used in sport contexts, such as sport anxiety (Smith et al, 2006), mental toughness (Gucciardi, 2012), resilience (Sarkar and Fletcher, 2014), competitiveness (Gill and Deeter, 1988; Gill et al, 1988), moral disengagement (Boardley and Kavussanu, 2007), pro- and antisocial behaviors (Kavussanu and Boardley, 2009), aggressiveness (Maxwell and Moores, 2007), perfectionism (Gotwals et al, 2010), and creativity (Memmert et al, 2010)
There is a lack of research, that integrates the plethora of personality concepts in sport contexts and that offers a framework of the main sport personality traits
This study investigates the relations between these dimensions of sport personality traits and personality – measured using the HEXACO model of personality (Lee and Ashton, 2004; Ashton et al, 2014) – and six frequently practiced sports and leisure activities
Summary
There has been a proliferation of personality concepts that are used in sport contexts, such as sport anxiety (Smith et al, 2006), mental toughness (Gucciardi, 2012), resilience (Sarkar and Fletcher, 2014), competitiveness (Gill and Deeter, 1988; Gill et al, 1988), moral disengagement (Boardley and Kavussanu, 2007), pro- and antisocial behaviors (Kavussanu and Boardley, 2009), aggressiveness (Maxwell and Moores, 2007), perfectionism (Gotwals et al, 2010), and (sport-specific) creativity (Memmert et al, 2010). The findings of a lexical study to uncover the main dimensions of sport personality traits are reported. This study investigates the relations between these dimensions of sport personality traits and personality – measured using the HEXACO model of personality (Lee and Ashton, 2004; Ashton et al, 2014) – and six frequently practiced sports and leisure activities. The first, a “generic traits approach,” mainly studies relations between personality – broadly defined – and sport preference, physical activity, and sport performance Sport personality marker scales Gender Age Education H E X A C O.
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