A Comparative Study of Personality Traits and Self Esteem between Sports Participants and Non-Sports Participants: Exploring the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Sports Performance

Abstract

This article was expected to investigate the connection between personality traits with sport performance. The strategy for the study is expressive connection. The information was gathered utilizing polls and through field study technique. The number of inhabitants in the study comprised of 229 non tip top football and futsal players in the 2010-2011 season in Ardabil city. The sample size was likened with the populace. Personality was surveyed utilizing the NEO Five Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI Costa and McCrae, 1992) and competitor's performance was evaluated by mentor's appraising (Piedmont et al., 1999). The stepwise relapse examination demonstrated that from among personality parts just Conscientiousness have constructive huge connection with sport performance. The outcome, additionally, showed that honesty was the sole indicator of game performance.