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Relationship Between Personality Traits and Mental Health in Athletes Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

S.J. Mosavi Amiri ,
M. Abbasalipour ,
S.K. Mousavi Amiri ,
R. Ghaemi Amiri ,
M. Sheikholeslami Amiri ,
S.J. Mousavi Amiri ,
A. Nikkhou Amiri  and
M. Nadalinezhad
S.J. Mosavi Amiri
Affiliation:
Medical Clinic of Dr. Mosavi, Department of Addiction Studies, Babol Amirkola, Iran
M. Abbasalipour
Affiliation:
Medical & Nutrition Clinic of Dr. Abbasalipour, Department of Nutrition Studies, Amol, Iran
S.K. Mousavi Amiri
Affiliation:
Medical Clinic of Dr. Mosavi, Department of Addiction Studies, Babol Amirkola, Iran
R. Ghaemi Amiri
Affiliation:
Medical Clinic of Dr. Ghaemi, Department of Family Studies, Babol, Iran
M. Sheikholeslami Amiri
Affiliation:
Medical Clinic of Dr. Sheikholeslami, Department of Nutrition Studies, Babol Amirkola, Iran
S.J. Mousavi Amiri
Affiliation:
Medical & Nutrition Clinic of Dr. Abbasalipour, Department of Nutrition Studies-, Amol, Iran
A. Nikkhou Amiri
Affiliation:
Medical Clinic of Dr. Nikkhou, Department of Family Studies, Babol Amirkola, Iran
M. Nadalinezhad
Affiliation:
Medical Clinic of Dr. Nadalinezhad, Department of Internal Medicine, Kish, Iran

Abstract

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Aim

The purpose of this study was to investigate relationship between personality traits and mental health in athlete students. This study was a descriptive and correlation design.

Method

Sixty athletes students were randomly selected and responded to NEO-PIR inventory and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28). NEO assesses five personality traits: Neuroticism (N), Extroversion (E), Agreeableness (A), Openness to new experience (O) and Conscientiousness (C), and GHQ assesses four dimensions: Somatic symptoms (A), Anxiety (B), Social withdrawal (C) and Depression (D). NEO assesses five personality traits: Neuroticism, Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to experience. The data were analyzed with Pearson correlation test.

Results

The findings showed that there was positive significant correlation between neuroticism with somatic symptoms and depression, and negative significant correlation between extroversion, agreeableness, openness to new experience and conscientiousness with depression.

Conclusion

Based on findings, it is concluded that physical exercises and sport plans have positive effects on mood and affect of students, and decrease physical and mental diseases in athletes students.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster Walk: Personality and Personality Disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. S257
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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