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Focus of early research in sport psychology

Definition

Researchers attempted to profile athletes & predict performance behavior based on profile; Studies attempted to determine if athletes share the same personality profile (spoiler alert → No)

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Goal of personality research

Definition

Provide reliable information about individual differences in personality & relationship between those differences and sport/exercise behaviors

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Personality

Definition

Refers to individual’s unique but consistent psychological make-up; Relatively stable over time & across situations; Collection of traits; Overall pattern of psychological characteristics that make each person unique; Determined by multiple, interdependent factors