Extroversion and Introversion at the Basketball Players and Swimmers of the High-Level Senior in Tunisia

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The objective of this article is mainly to present at the same time a qualitative and quantitative comparative study of personality traits (extroversion and introversion) in individual and collective sports. To measure those two personality traits, we distinguished 8 dimensions (sociability, excitement, domination, objectivity, process of the thought, aggressiveness, placidity, self-control).The results show that there is no difference between basketball players and swimmers concerning the level of extroversion and introversion. However, only the dimension of self-control presents a significant difference between both groups. Concerning gender, the statistical analysis shows no significant difference. We indicate that girls as well as boys have more tendency towards extroversion.

Keywords: Extroversion, Introversion, Sport, Individual sports (swimming), Team sport (basketball).