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Personality Hardiness at Different Levels of Competitive Motorcycling

2013; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 116; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2466/30.06.pms.116.1.315-321

1558-688X

Sion Thomas, Colin Reeves, James Agombar, Iain Greenlees,

Sports injuries and prevention

This study assessed the personality construct of hardiness within elite, male, full-time, professional motorcycle racers ( n = 32) from the Federation Internationale de Motorcyclisme (F.I.M) Moto G. P Championship ( n = 16) and World Endurance Championship ( n = 16), as well as club level motorcycling competitors ( n = 31). All riders completed Nowack's Cognitive Hardiness Inventory (1990), either before the start of official qualification during race week (elite professional riders), or prior to a club weekend meet (club racers). There was a significant group difference on hardiness. In the select group of professional riders, the top 10% performing, elite riders had a significantly higher mean score on hardiness than the bottom 10% of performers, providing further evidence of high hardiness scores amongst elite performers.