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. 2019 Oct 9:10:2280.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02280. eCollection 2019.

Personality Traits and Self-Esteem in Combat and Team Sports

Željka Bojanić  1 , Jasmina Nedeljković  1 , Dušana Šakan  1 , Petar M Mitić  2 , Ivana Milovanović  3 , Patrik Drid  3
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Personality Traits and Self-Esteem in Combat and Team Sports

Željka Bojanić et al. Front Psychol. .

Abstract

The aim of this research was to examine whether psychological variables which make up basic dimensions of personality and self-esteem distinguish competitors in combat sports from competitors in team sports. The research included 149 respondents, aged 19 to 27 years. The Self-Esteem Scale questionnaire was used to measure self-esteem. The BFI inventory was used to measure personality traits according to the Big Five model: Extraversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and Openness to Experience. The basic research question is - does the set of psychological variables which make up basic dimensions of personality and self-esteem statistically significantly distinguish competitors in combat sports from the competitors in team sports? Both mean differences and simple discriminant function analyses for competitors in combat/team sports revealed that self-esteem, neuroticism, and conscientiousness were the most important factors distinguishing the two groups. Practical implications, limitations, and future research directions were discussed.

Keywords: agreeableness; combat sports; conscientiousness; extraversion; neuroticism; openness; team sports.

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