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Personality profiling of South African rugby union players

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dc.contributor.authorKruger, Ankebé
dc.contributor.authorDu Plooy, Kobus
dc.contributor.authorKruger, Pieter
dc.contributor.researchID11755350 - Kruger, Ankebé
dc.contributor.researchID11695943 - Kruger, Pieter
dc.contributor.researchID24062553 - Du Plooy, Jacobus Christoffel
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-21T11:00:39Z
dc.date.available2019-10-21T11:00:39Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis 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 sporten_US
dc.identifier.citationKruger, 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]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1433-0237
dc.identifier.issn1815-5626 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/33442
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14330237.2019.1647498
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14330237.2019.1647498
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectExpertiseen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectPersonalityen_US
dc.subjectProfessional rugby union playersen_US
dc.subjectSemi-professionalen_US
dc.subjectSporten_US
dc.titlePersonality profiling of South African rugby union playersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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