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Personality Stability
- Fitzgerald, S. (2015, September 7). Can you change your personality? Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/media-spotlight/201509/can-you-change-your-personality
Personality defines us and how we interact with the world. Though there are different theories about what personality really is and how our basic personality traits are first formed, the general consensus is that personality is shaped by early life experiences and tend to stay stable over time.
Introduction
Welcome to the research guide for Personality and Participation in Sport. "Personality is the sum of the components that make each individual unique. It affects how we respond to different situations and involves our character, intellect, physique and temperament." (BBC, 2017). This guide explores theories of the Big Five Personality Traits to support Year 12 students investigating the possible correlation between personality traits and participation in sport.
Who Are You?
Little, B. (2016, June 19). Who are you really? The puzzle of personality [Video file]. Ted Talks
What makes you, you? Psychologists like to talk about our traits, or defined characteristics that make us who we are. But Brian Little is more interested in moments when we transcend those traits — sometimes because our culture demands it of us, and sometimes because we demand it of ourselves. Join Little as he dissects the surprising differences between introverts and extroverts and explains why your personality may be more malleable than you think.
Personality Trait Correlations - Research Examples
- Judge, T., Heller, D., & Mount, M. (2002, June). Five-Factor Model of Personality and Job Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(3), 530–541.
This study reports results meta-analysis linking traits from the 5-factor model of personality to overall job satisfaction. As a set, the Big Five traits had a multiple correlation of .41 with job satisfaction, indicating support for the validity of the dispositional source of job satisfaction when traits are organized according to the 5-factor model. - Mendiburo-Seguel, A., Páez, D., & Martínez-Sánchez, F. (2015). Humor styles and personality: A meta-analysis of the relation between humor styles and the Big Five personality traits. Scandinavian Journal Of Psychology, 56(3), 335-340.This research summarizes the knowledge generated in social psychology and positive psychology about the relationship between humor styles, personality and wellbeing. Results show that affiliative humor has a strong and homogeneous relation to neuroticism and extraversion.
- Durak, M., & Senol-Durak, E. (2014). Which personality traits are associated with cognitions related to problematic Internet use?. Asian Journal Of Social Psychology, 17(3), 206-218.The present paper aims to evaluate the effects of personality traits on cognitions regarding Problematic Internet Use that are classified as loneliness/depression, diminished impulse control, distraction and social control. results reveal that controlling the effects of socio-demographic variables and time spent online, higher neuroticism and lower conscientiousness were related to cognitions regarding Problem Internet Use.
Key Terms
- Openness This trait features characteristics such as imagination and insight, and those high in this trait also tend to have a broad range of interests. People who are high in this trait tend to be more adventurous and creative.
- Conscientiousness Standard features of this dimension include high levels of thoughtfulness, with good impulse control and goal-directed behaviors. Highly conscientiousness tend to be organized and mindful of details.
- Extroversion Extraversion is characterized by excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness, and high amounts of emotional expressiveness. People who are high in extraversion are outgoing and tend to gain energy in social situations. People who are low in extraversion (or introverted) tend to be more reserved and have to expend energy in social settings.
- Agreeableness People who are high in agreeableness tend to be more cooperative while those low in this trait tend to be more competitive and even manipulative.
- Neuroticism Neuroticism is a trait characterized by sadness, moodiness, and emotional instability. Individuals who are high in this trait tend to experience mood swings, anxiety, irritability and sadness. Those low in this trait tend to be more stable and emotionally resilient.
Sports Psychology
- American Psychology Association. (2017). Sports psychology. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/ed/graduate/specialize/sports.aspx
Sport psychology is a proficiency that uses psychological knowledge and skills to address optimal performance and well-being of athletes, developmental and social aspects of sports participation, and systemic issues associated with sports settings and organizations. APA recognizes sport psychology as a proficiency acquired after a doctoral degree in one of the primary areas of psychology and licensure as a psychologist. This proficiency should not be confused with those who have earned a doctoral degree in sport psychology, but are not licensed psychologists. - Golding, J., & Lippert, A.(2017, January 1). Sports psychology: mind and body. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/careers-in-psych/201701/sports-psychology-mind-and-bodySport Psychology addresses the interactions between psychology and sport performance, including the psychological aspects of optimal athletic performance, the psychological care and well-being of athletes, coaches, and sport organizations, and the connection between physical and psychological functioning.