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Personality andPersonality andSports Performance Sports Performance
Gobinder Singh GillGobinder Singh Gill
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Aims and ObjectivesAims and Objectives
• All students attempt to define personality and All students attempt to define personality and motivation?motivation?
• Most students will appreciate the importance of Most students will appreciate the importance of personality and its link to motivation?personality and its link to motivation?
• Most students will discuss major approaches to Most students will discuss major approaches to understanding personality and motivationunderstanding personality and motivation
• All students will identify how personality and motivation All students will identify how personality and motivation can be measuredcan be measured
• Some students will be able to examine the relationship Some students will be able to examine the relationship between personality, motivation and behaviourbetween personality, motivation and behaviour
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What is personality?What is personality?
• Psychological corePsychological core
• Typical responsesTypical responses
• Role related behaviourRole related behaviour
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Approaches to PersonalityApproaches to Personality
• Psycho dynamic approachPsycho dynamic approach
• Trait approachTrait approach
• Situation approachSituation approach
• Interactional approachInteractional approach
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Measuring personality and Measuring personality and motivationmotivation
• QuestionnairesQuestionnaires
• InterviewsInterviews
• ObservationsObservations
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Personality Personality ModelModel
ExtrovertExtrovertIntrovertIntrovert
Type AType AType BType B HardinessHardiness
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ExtrovertsExtroverts
Extreme extroverts:Extreme extroverts:
o show great confidenceshow great confidenceo are socially outgoingare socially outgoingo prefer team sportsprefer team sportso like whole body activitieslike whole body activitieso enjoy activity and uncertaintyenjoy activity and uncertainty
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IntrovertsIntroverts
Extreme introverts:Extreme introverts:
• lack confidencelack confidence• reservedreserved• prefer individual sportsprefer individual sports• limited movement activitieslimited movement activities• fine skills, repetitive movementsfine skills, repetitive movements
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TYPE ATYPE A
Extreme Type A personalities are Extreme Type A personalities are more likely to be:more likely to be:– impatientimpatient– intolerantintolerant– have higher personal levels of have higher personal levels of
stress.stress.
They are more likely to succeed in They are more likely to succeed in competitive sport.competitive sport.
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TYPE BTYPE B
Extreme Type B personalities are Extreme Type B personalities are more likely to be:more likely to be:– relaxedrelaxed– toleranttolerant– have lower personal have lower personal
levels of stress.levels of stress.
They are less likely to succeed in They are less likely to succeed in competitive sport.competitive sport.
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HARDINESSHARDINESS
Hardiness is an ability trait which enables Hardiness is an ability trait which enables you to:you to:– meet challengesmeet challenges– cope with difficulties.cope with difficulties.
It is linked to mental toughness and people It is linked to mental toughness and people
who have it:who have it:– refuse to give uprefuse to give up– have an advantage in competitive sporthave an advantage in competitive sport
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Using psychological and Using psychological and motivation measuresmotivation measures
• Principles of testing and measurement errorPrinciples of testing and measurement error
• LimitationsLimitations
• Psychological tests for team selectionPsychological tests for team selection
• Explanation and feedbackExplanation and feedback
• Assure confidentialityAssure confidentiality
• Understand and assess specific personality componentsUnderstand and assess specific personality components
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Personality research in Personality research in sport and exercisesport and exercise
• Athletes and non athletesAthletes and non athletes
• Female athletesFemale athletes
• Positive mental health and the iceberg Positive mental health and the iceberg profileprofile
• Predicting performancePredicting performance
• Exercise and personalityExercise and personality