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Personality profiling of South African rugby union players

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Kruger, Ankebé
Du Plooy, Kobus
Kruger, Pieter

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Taylor & Francis

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This study aimed to investigate whether differences exist in the personality profiles of professional and semi-professional rugby union players. Participants were 73 male rugby players, 52 professional players and 21 semi-professional players. All participants completed the NEO Five-Factor Personality Inventory (NEO-FFI) as part of the WebNeuro Sport online assessment. An independent sample t-test showed a statistically significant difference in neuroticism between the professional and semi-professional players. The magnitude-based inference method confirmed the results of the independent sample t-test with a moderate effect. The potential practical value of these findings is that the Neuroticism scale of the Big Five personality dimensions can be used as a screening tool for indicating which players a team would want to recruit and invest time and money in since these players will most likely be capable of progressing to the top level in their sport

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Kruger, A. et al. 2019. Personality profiling of South African rugby union players. Journal of psychology in Africa, 29(4):383-387. [https://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2019.1647498]

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