Part 2: Example Questions - Sport & Personality

• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • Does involvement in sport change an athlete's/player's personality?
• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • Is there an "Athletic/Sporting Personality"?
  • A type of personality of people that play sport? No
  • or a type of personality that are good at sport? No
  • Different personalities but both good athletes
  • No one personality, but are some personality traits that distinguish good from great
• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • Do team-sport athletes have different personalities to individual sport athletes?
  • Yes & no, exceptions to both
• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • Are there personality differences between male & female athletes?
  • Yes, but kinda no
  • When come to elite very little differences, more difference in general population
• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • Are there personality differences between athletes competing at different levels? (eg. elite vs. novice)
  • No!
  • Isn’t differences
• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • Can personality factors determine whether a person is likely to be successful in sport if they have only begun to participate?
• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • Why personality matters
  • Should be & is important but not always in the way we expect or predict
  • eg Risky Sports/Activities: ‘Risk-Taker’ Personality? No (doesn’t drive them to participate in activity)
  • Get excited about tough challenges
  • Not risky to them as are prepared, increased level of competence
• Example Questions - Sport & Personality:

  • 2 general questions:
  • How do personality factors affect performance?
  • eg personality to challenge yourself
  • What personality factors do they bring?
  • How has sports overtime influenced/changed her personality?