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. 2022 Mar 15;19(6):3446.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19063446.

A Psychological Profile of Elite Polish Short Track Athletes: An Analysis of Temperamental Traits and Impulsiveness

Katarzyna Gabrys  1 , Antoni Wontorczyk  2
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A Psychological Profile of Elite Polish Short Track Athletes: An Analysis of Temperamental Traits and Impulsiveness

Katarzyna Gabrys et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the temperament and impulsiveness profile of short track athletes. Professional athletes (juniors and seniors), under training in the Polish National Team (Nfemale = 21, Nmale = 19, Mage = 20), completed The Temperament and Character Inventory- Revised (TCI-R (56)) and a shortened version of the Urgency, Premeditation, Perseverance, Sensation-Seeking, Positive Urgency, Impulsive Behavior Scale (S-UPPS-P). The results proved that skaters obtain higher scores than the general population on the temperamental scales i.e., persistence, harm avoidance and novelty seeking and impulsivity scales i.e., sensation seeking and positive urgency. After the cluster analysis, two homogeneous profiles of short track athletes were determined. The first profile includes athletes with high scores on the reward dependence, persistence, self-directedness, cooperativeness, temperamental and sensation-seeking impulsiveness scales coupled with low scores on the temperamental scale, harm avoidance and impulsiveness scales: positive urgency, negative urgency and the lack of perseverance. The second profile is the reverse of the first profile for the short track athletes.

Keywords: impulsivity; individual differences; professional athletes; skating; temperament.

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Short track athletes temperamental, character and impulsiveness profile, presented on the sten scale. Note: TCI-Temperament and Character Inventory; UPPS-Urgency, Premeditation (lack of), Perseverance (lack of), Sensation-Seeking, Positive Urgency, Impulsive Behavior Scale; HA-harm avoidance; NS-novelty seeking; RD-reward dependence; P-persistence; C-cooperativeness; SD-self-directedness; ST-self-transcendence; NU-negative urgency; PU-positive urgency; LPr-lack of premeditation; LP-lack of perseverance; SS-sensation seeking.
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Figure 2
The temperament, character and impulsiveness profiles of short track athletes.
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