Psychophysiological Responses to Competition and the Big Five Personality Traits

• Authors: Erdal Binboga , Senol Guven , Fatih Çatıkkaş , Onur Bayazıt , Serdar Tok
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examines the relationship between psychophysiological arousal, cognitive anxiety, and personality traits in young taekwondo athletes. A total of 20 male and 10 female taekwondo athletes (mean age = 18.6 years; ± 1.8) volunteered for the study. The Five Factor Personality Inventory and the state scale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to measure personality and cognitive state anxiety. Electrodermal activity (EDA) was measured twice, one day and approximately one hour prior to the competition, to determine psychophysiological arousal. Descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlations, and stepwise regression were used to analyze the data. Several "Big Five" facets were related to the EDA delta scores that were measured both one day and one hour before the competition. Two stepwise regressions were conducted to examine whether personality traits could significantly predict both EDA delta scores. The final model, containing only neuroticism from the Big Five factors, can significantly explain the variations in the EDA delta scores measured one day before the competition. Agreeableness can significantly explain variations in the EDA delta scores measured one hour before the competition. No relationship was found between cognitive anxiety and the EDA delta scores measured one hour before the competition. In conclusion, personality traits, especially agreeableness and neuroticism, might be useful in understanding arousal responses to competition.

Keywords

EN

Personality; electrodermal activity; sport psychology

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 33
• Pages: 187-194

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2012

online

4 - 7 - 2012

Contributors

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Erdal Binboga

• Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biophysics, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

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Senol Guven

• Kirazdagı Primary School, Derepazarı, Rize, Turkey

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Fatih Çatıkkaş

• School of Physical Education and Sports, Bartin University, Bartin, Turkey

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Onur Bayazıt

• Faculty of Medicine, Medical Park Hospital, Department of Biophysics, Izmir University, Izmir, Turkey

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Serdar Tok

• School of Physical Education and Sport, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10078-012-0057-x