Comparison of the Personalities of Non-Injured and Injured Female Athletes in Intercollegiate Competition

• Main Author: Abadie, Deborah A.
• Other Authors: Richardson, Peggy A., 1938-
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: North Texas State University 1976
• Subjects: personality types; female athletes; athletic injuries; Women athletes > Psychology.; Sports injuries > Psychological aspects.
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504333/

This study was designed to determine if differences exist between the personalities of injured and non-injured athletes, injured and non-injured athletes in individual sports, and injured and non-injured athletes in team sports. Subjects were forty-three female athletes selected from six intercollegiate teams. The test instrument was the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by the two-way analysis of variance. Alpha was .05. Conclusions of the investigation were that the personality of injured athletes does not differ from the personality of non-injured athletes, that non-injured athletes in individual sports are more self-assured than non-injured athletes in team sports, and that the personality of athletes in team sports does not differ from the personality of athletes in individual sports.