Personality traits and the role of gender in swimmers at the leisure level

Cavallera, Guido; Passerini, Andrea; Pepe, Alessandro

doi:10.2224/sbp.2013.41.4.693

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“…In our own case, regression equations were used to assess whether and to what extent scores on the intrusion and avoidance and SOC scales explained outcomes on the GHQ-12 measure of psychological distress, after controlling for the effect of other variables. Given that dissimilar distribution of socio-demographic characteristics between groups (as in the present study) should be taken into account to obtain "controlled for" findings (Cavallera, Passerini, & Pepe, 2013;Pepe & Addimando, 2014), at the first step in our regression analysis, the exogenous variables age and gender were entered as a single block.…”

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Sense of Coherence as a Determinant of Psychological Well-Being Across Professional Groups of Aid Workers Exposed to War Trauma

Veronese

Pepe

2015

J Interpers Violence

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The present study aims to test whether sense of coherence (SOC) acts as a determinant of positive psychological functioning in aid workers directly exposed to warfare. Specifically, we performed multiple regression analyses to compare different groups of aid workers in terms of the effects of SOC and cumulative trauma on their psychological distress. Palestinian helpers, both professional and non-professional ( N = 159) completed three self-reported measures: the General Health questionnaire, Sense of Coherence Scale, and Impact of Events Scale. The findings bear out the predictive power of SOC and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in relation to mental health across different professional groups. In particular, volunteers without a specific professional profile, psychiatrists, medical doctors, and less markedly counselors seemed to protect their mental health through a SOC. Clinical implications and recommendations for training and supervision are discussed.

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Sense of Coherence as a Determinant of Psychological Well-Being Across Professional Groups of Aid Workers Exposed to War Trauma

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Pepe

2015

J Interpers Violence

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“…With this score, they partially have personality trait and exhibit the relevant behaviors in certain situations. Thus, they defined as the individuals trying to think enough to others, to be helpful and to be compatible with other (2). Concluded that swimmers had in ''medium'' level, but physical education teacher had in ''high or effective'' level.…”

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“…As a result of research of Mean scores of sense of responsibility of swimmers were found to be medium-level. Personality characteristics of the physical education teachers were evaluated by a ''high'' score in the research performed (2).…”

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Investigation of personality characteristics of hearing impaired athletes participating in 2nd European youth hearing impaired athletics championships

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Sertbaş²,

Şentürk

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Turk J Sport Exe

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The aim of this research is to assess the personality characteristics of national hearing impaired athletes and to evaluate the relationship between gender and branches with the personality characteristics. For this purpose, this research has been designed on screening model. The research was performed with Athletes Participating in 2nd European Youth Hearing Impaired Athletics Championships, held on 21-23 August 2014 in Trabzon. The research group consisted of 67 athletes including 26 from Turkey, 2 from Belgium, 3 from Estonia, 8 from Germany, 4 from Lithuania, 1 from the Netherlands, 12 from Poland, 9 from Russia and 2 from Spain. 34.3% (n = 23) of athletes were female, 65.7% (n = 44) consisted of male athletics. PERI (Personality Inventory) personality scale consisting of 25 items was used for measuring personality traits of national hearing impaired athletes in the research. PERI; is composed of 5 subgroups including openness to experience, sense of responsibility, extraversion, compatibleness and emotional stability. The scale was applied with face to face technical to athletes by two experts who know the language of the hearing impaired. In the analysis of the research data, frequency and percentage distribution, t-test, Kruskal-Wallis test and Mann-Whitney U tests were performed. In the result of the research; There were no significant differences between sport branches and gender and personality characteristics of the athletes. (p>0.05). National hearing impaired athletes had in ''not effective or low'' level the personality trait of emotional stability and they defined as the individuals not feeling optimistic enough, easy-tempered and having a high level of anxiety. But they had in ''effective or high'' level the personality traits of sense of responsibility and they defined as disciplined individuals who do not give up in the face of difficulties themselves, pay attention to details, are planned in everything they do.

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“…Morningness-Eveningness has been explored with reference to sports [ 25 , 55 ], and is correlated with creative thinking in young people playing recreational sports [ 56 ]. Morning-oriented adolescents are more physically active, and give more positive attributes to the effects of physical activity; these findings can have an impact on programs devoted to increasing physical activity in adolescence [ 57 ].…”

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Validation of the Italian Version of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire for Adolescents by A. Lancry and Th. Arbault

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Boari

2015

Med Sci Monit

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Background:This study aimed to validate the Italian version of the Morningness-Eveningness questionnaire for adolescents by Lancry and Arbault. Material/Methods:The Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire by Lancry and Arbault was translated from French into Italian by using forward-backward translation. Students aged 11-15 years old were enrolled from two schools in Milan (Italia). Validation of the questionnaire was performed in subsequent phases. A pre-test was given to 66 students aged 11-15 years (males 57.4%, females 42.6%) from a convenience sample. Syntactic aspects of the pre-test were improved, and the questionnaire in a revised version was re-administered to 292 students of same age (males 43.8%, females 54.1%) from a convenience sample. Results:Factor analysis was performed on pre-test data, using the principal component method accounting for Morningness-Eveningness. Problematic items possibly uncorrelated with the extracted factor were identified, and reliability produced a Cronbach's Alpha close to 0.7. In the test phase factor analysis was performed using the principal component method. Based on reliability analyses, we excluded a number of items because of their low performance, giving rise to a Cronbach's Alpha of 0.819. Pearson product-moment external correlations between Morningness-Eveningness disposition and temperament, behavioral, and cognitive aspects were evaluated. Conclusions:A factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha and concurrent validity coefficients with disposition, behavior, and cognition, were performed, suggesting potential reliability and validity. The questionnaire is a useful and relevant tool for measuring Morningness-Eveningness disposition in adolescents, which has seldom been investigated with adequate psychometric instruments.

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Personality traits and the role of gender in swimmers at the leisure level

Cited by 11 publications

References 47 publications

Sense of Coherence as a Determinant of Psychological Well-Being Across Professional Groups of Aid Workers Exposed to War Trauma

Sense of Coherence as a Determinant of Psychological Well-Being Across Professional Groups of Aid Workers Exposed to War Trauma

Investigation of personality characteristics of hearing impaired athletes participating in 2nd European youth hearing impaired athletics championships

Validation of the Italian Version of the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire for Adolescents by A. Lancry and Th. Arbault

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