Year: 2004
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The research investigated personality traits of high-risk sports athletes.The aim was to investigate the personality dimensions and compare the results to the results of non-risk sports athletes and non-athletes.Thirty eight high-risk sports athletes participated in the research (alpinists, sky divers, paragliders, white--water kayakers, downhill mountain-bikers, motocross riders, downhill skiers and ski jumpers).The non-risk sports athletes consisted of 38 swimmers, track athletes, sailors, flat-water kayakers, rowers, Nordic skiers, sports climbers and karatekas.The non-athletes were equalled with both groups in age and education and included 76 non-athletes.The Big Five Observer Scale was used.It was found that high-risk sports athletes scored highest in emotional stability, they were followed by the non-athletes and the lowest scores were achieved by non-risk sports athletes.The same order of groups was shown in conscientiousness and energy.Openness was highest in the non-risk sports athletes, followed by the non-athletes and the lowest score was achieved by the high-risk sports athletes.The differences in acceptability were not significant.Four out of five hypotheses were accepted.
Institutions: University of Ljubljana, University of Zagreb
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1577354239