Personality Characteristics of College Non-Athletes and Baseball, Football, and Track Team Members

Abstract

Two methodological problems in sports personality research have been the non-segmentation of athletic types and the lack of variety in the personality measures that have been used. The current study investigated the personality profiles of 51 non-athletes, and baseball, football, and track team members ( ns = 29, 36, and 23) using the Personal Profile System. Analysis indicated baseball players did not differ from the non-athletes and football players and track team members were more dominant and less patient than the non-athletes. The only significant difference between groups of athletes was in greater dominance of track team members over baseball players.