The Characteristics of Athletes' Personality in Individual Sport Events

Comparison of psychological characteristics between athletes and non-athletes to find a possible personality profile for athletes has been one of the main goals of psychological studies in sport .This issue prevented us to deal with personality characteristics of athletes in several power events. In the present research we compared the characteristics of athletes' personality in wrestling, boxing, body building and martial arts as power sports fields. In this research 75 athletes (divided in 4 groups) from Qom city with 5 continuous years of sports involvement in wrestling, boxing, body building and martial arts and 21 none-athletes in the age range of 19-31 responded the questionnaire of Minnesota personality (MMPI). Findings indicate significant differences in each of the personality characteristics including anxiety, self conception, aggression, isolation and self disturbance.