Personality Characteristics of Certain Groups of Intercollegiate Athletes

Abstract

Five scales from the Omnibus Personality Inventory were combined to form the Attitude Inventory administered to 230 athletes from a state university, a private university, and two state colleges. Scores on personality scales differentiated (a) among sports groups within the state university and the private university, but not within the state colleges, and (b) between athletes attending the private university and those attending each of the other three schools. When the 230 athletes were grouped by sports, irrespective of the school attended, no significant differences were observed.