Relationships between Risk Events, Personality Traits, and Risk Perception of Adolescent Athletes in Sports Training

Chen Guo, Bingyang Xiao, Zhao Zhang, Jiahui Dong, Mei Yang, Gongbing Shan and Bingjun Wan
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Chen Guo: Children and Adolescent Physical Education Research Center, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Bingyang Xiao: School of Psychology, Beijing Sports University, Beijing 100084, China
Zhao Zhang: Children and Adolescent Physical Education Research Center, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Jiahui Dong: Children and Adolescent Physical Education Research Center, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Mei Yang: Children and Adolescent Physical Education Research Center, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China
Gongbing Shan: Department of Kinesiology, The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB T1K 3M4, Canada
Bingjun Wan: Children and Adolescent Physical Education Research Center, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Personality traits have close relationships with risky behaviors in various domains, including physical education, competition, and athletic training. It is yet little known about how trait personality dimensions associate with risk events and how vital factors, such as risk perception, could affect the happening of risk events in adolescent athletes. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the prediction of risk events by regression analysis with dimensions of personality, risk perception and sports, relations between risk events, risk perception, and the facets of the personality dimensions via data collecting from 664 adolescent athletes aged 13–18 years (male 364, female 300). Secondary intent is to assess school-specific levels of training risks among sports schools, regular schools, and sports and education integrated schools. The results show that psychology events are the strongest predicted by personality traits, risk perception, and sports, followed by injury and nutrition. Emotionality has the most significant positive correlation with risk events, while other traits have a significant negative correlation with risk events, except agreeableness. The integration schools are more conducive to the healthy development of adolescent athletes’ personalities. Moreover, the research indicates that sports training can strengthen the development directions of different personality characteristics.

Keywords: adolescent; athletes; personality; risk; sport training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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