Personality and Age of Male National Team of Ukraine in Kyokushin Karate—Pilot Study

Paweł Piepiora, Bogdan Kindzer, Justyna Bagińska and Wojciech J. Cynarski
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Paweł Piepiora: Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland
Bogdan Kindzer: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Lviv State University of Physical Culture Named after Ivan Boberskyj, 79000 Lviv, Ukraine
Justyna Bagińska: Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Business in Wrocław, 53-238 Wrocław, Poland
Wojciech J. Cynarski: Institute of Physical Culture Studies, University of Rzeszów, 35-959 Rzeszów, Poland

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 12, 1-9

Abstract: This article is a continuation of the research on personality in combat sports in karate. The authors’ goal was to verify the relationship between personality and age of kyokushin karate practitioners. The male national team of Ukraine in karate kyokushin ( N = 7) participated in the personality study with the use of the Big Five model. The NEO-FFI (NEO Five-Factor Inventory) Personality Questionnaire was applied as a research tool and the package of statistical methods IBM SPSS Statistics 27.0 (IBM Polska, Warszawa, Poland) was used to compute the research results. The study showed that there were differences in the intensity of openness to experiences between individual samples only at the level of the statistical trend. Masters showed a higher level of openness to experiences in relation to juniors ( p = 0.081) and seniors ( p = 0.097). Also, a negative and strong correlation between the intensity of neuroticism and conscientiousness among the respondents was noted. A conclusion was drawn that, with age, karatekas probably manifest greater openness to experience, which is the result of their sports experience, high sports level and pro-health values of karate. On the other hand, good emotional adaptation of karatekas is strictly related to conscientiousness.

Keywords: sports psychology; health psychology; Big Five; combat sports; Ukrainian sportsmen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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