Rasgos de personalidad en adolescentes en relación con la disciplina deportiva que practican en la Federación Deportiva del Azuay en el periodo 2020

Abstract

Sport and personality maintain a close relationship that has been studied since the sixties and seventies through Sports Psychology. In this sense, carrying out sports activities is associated with personality traits such as responsibility and extraversion. In particular, it is the personality characteristics of each subject that determine their behavior, within these, choosing a sport. However, in the selection of a sports discipline other factors influence, in this case, socializing agents such as: parents, siblings, peers, coaches, among others. Taking this premise into account, the objective of the research was to identify the personality traits in adolescents of the Azuay Sports Federation in the 2020 period and analyze the relationship that is maintained with the sports discipline they practice and external influences. The approach was quantitative, with a crosssectional research design and a correlational scope. We worked with 34 adolescents from the soccer and basketball disciplines to whom the Neo Reduced Inventory of five factors (NEO-FFI) was applied in its Spanish version; as well as a sociodemographic file. The results show a predominance of the neuroticism trait, while the extraversion trait was the lowest. It is concluded that there is not specifically in this study a relationship between personality traits, extrinsic influences and the choice of sport; however, a relationship was found between the sport practiced by a relative and the sport of the participant.