Review of psychology, Vol. 12 No. 1, 2005.
Original scientific paper
Psychological profile of Slovene bodybuilders
Manca Faganel
Matej Tušak
Abstract
The aim of the research was to determine personality profile of Slovene bodybuilders. In this study we compared a group of 31 Slovene bodybuilders (31.6 %), a group of 36 Slovene elite individual athletes (36.7 %) and a group of 31 non-athletes (31.6 %). The following inventories were used: Personality questionnaire FPI 114, Tennessee scale of self-image and Athletic Identity Measurement Scale. Some significant differences were found among these participants. Bodybuilders scored lower on depression, irritability, suppression, sincerity and emotional instability. They also showed higher self-esteem scores (physical self, moral-ethical, personal and social self, they have a stronger identity, self-image, higher perceptions of suitability of behavior) than other elite athletes and non-athletes. Family self was well expressed in both groups of athletes. Bodybuilders described themselves as less honest and less critical about themselves, which attributes them a defensive orientation and probably protects from criticism and feelings of inferiority.
Keywords
bodybuilding; athletes; self-esteem; body image; athletic identity; personality
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1998
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Publication date:
21.1.2006.
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