Personality andPersonality andSports Performance Sports Performance

Gobinder Singh GillGobinder Singh Gill

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

What is personality?What is personality?

• Psychological corePsychological core

• Typical responsesTypical responses

• Role related behaviourRole related behaviour

Approaches to PersonalityApproaches to Personality

• Psycho dynamic approachPsycho dynamic approach

• Trait approachTrait approach

• Situation approachSituation approach

• Interactional approachInteractional approach

Measuring personality and Measuring personality and motivationmotivation

• QuestionnairesQuestionnaires

• InterviewsInterviews

• ObservationsObservations

Personality Personality ModelModel

ExtrovertExtrovertIntrovertIntrovert

Type AType AType BType B HardinessHardiness

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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