Personality traits and cognitive performance in elite athletes

Mental performance consists of cognitive components, such as memory capacity, motor function, or decision making, and psychological components, such as personality traits, psychological well-being, or coping strategies. While certain personality traits have been shown to be associated with specific strengths and weaknesses in an individual’s cognitive abilities only few studies have been done to investigate this relationship in athletes. Our study therefore aims to investigate the correlations between certain personality traits and cognitive performance in a sample of elite hockey players. 25 male athletes completed the ‘WebNeuro Sport’ assessment by the Brain Resource Company.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

MRC/UCT RU for Exercise and Sport Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Schoeler, Lieselotte Maria

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Rauch, Laurie

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6056

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/6056