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ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2023

The relationship of personality and executive functions in high-level soccer athletes: expertise-and gender-specific differences.

Jan Spielmann, Adam Beavan, Jan Mayer

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Article in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Decoding the elite soccer player's psychological profile.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jan SpielmannDepartment of Sports Sciences, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Adam BeavanTSG ResearchLab, Zuzenhausen, Germany.
Jan MayerDepartment of Sports Sciences, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
Saarland University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Psycho-cognitive factors such as personality and executive functions (EFs) are influential parameters when it comes to examining expertise in high-level soccer. Therefore, the profiles of those athletes are relevant both from a practical and scientific point of view. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and executive functions with age group as an influential factor in high-level male and female soccer players. Methods: Personality traits and executive functions of 138 high-level male and female soccer athletes from the U17-Pros teams were assessed using the big-five paradigm. A series of linear regressions investigated contributions of personality on EF assessments and team, respectively. Results: Linear regression models showed both negative and positive relationships between various personality traits, executive function performance and the influence of expertise and gender. Together, a maximum of 23% ( Conclusion: The results of this study demonstrate the inconsistent relationship between personality traits and executive functions. The study calls for more replication studies to help strengthen the understanding of relationships between psycho-cognitive factors in high-level team sport athletes.

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PMID37188070
PMCPMC10175618
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