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ERIC Number: EJ226714
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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The Validity of a Composite of Nineteen Personality Variables in Differentiating between American World Class Olympic Contenders and Undergraduate Education Majors.
Omizo, Michael M.; And Others
Educational and Psychological Measurement, v39 n4 p977-83 Win 1979
A sample of 48 American Olympic contenders was compared with a sample of 63 undergraduate education majors with respect to scores on Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and on three other scales. The athletes appeared to be more dominant, suspicious, self-sufficient, tense, and less sensitive. (CTM)
Descriptors: Athletes, Dogmatism, Education Majors, Higher Education, Locus of Control, Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Test Validity, Undergraduate Students
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Opinion Scales (Kleiber et al); Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire; Social Desirability