The Role of Personality Dimensions in Predicting Sportspersonship of Teacher Student-Athletes

The Purpose of this research was to investigatethe role of personality dimensions in predicting sportspersonship of teacher-student athletes. 131 teacher-student of male athletes with mean age of 28/55±7/25 were completed questionnaire of five factor model of personality and multidimensional sportspersonship orientations scale. Multiple regression analyses with enter method showed that dimensions of agreeableness، conscientiousness، and openness to experience only were significant predictors for sportspersonship. However، the predictive power of agreeableness dimension was more. It means that athletes with such personality traits had higher levels of sportspersonship. Thus، according to our results، it''s suggested that coaches know personality dimensions of their players and employ players with personality dimensions of agreeableness، conscientiousness، and openness to experience for presence in game، particularly during the critical and sensitive times.