Selected Personality Traits of Martial Artists as Measured by the Adjective Checklist
- 1 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 47 (1) , 71-76
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1978.47.1.71
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether selected personality traits varied between two subgroups of martial artists. A total of 52 people composed the superior martial artist sample and 100 people composed the average martial artist sample. Based on multiple discriminant analysis, superior martial artists differed from average martial artists on the Adjective Checklist scales of Defensiveness, Self-confidence, Achievement, Dominance, Endurance, Affiliation, Heterosexuality, Exhibition, Autonomy, Favorable Adjectives Checked, Succorance, Abasement, and Counseling Readiness.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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