著者

吉井 泉

出版者

中京大学

雑誌

中京大学体育学論叢 (ISSN:02887339)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.33, no.2, pp.39-46, 1992-03-15

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The purpose of the present study was to clarify the psychological trait of long distance runners by using TSMI (Taikyo Sport Motivation Inventory) and MPI (Maudsley Personality Inven-tory). The subjects were 19 male long distance (EKIDEN) runners who belonged to the track & field team of Industrial and Commercial. The runners showed higher competitive motivation than top athletes in term of the standerd scores of TSMI. Their scores of E and N scales of MPI were almost same as nonathletes'. The correlations TSMI with MPI are shown as follows. (1) E-scale of MPI significantly correlated with TS-2 (r=.496, p<.05), TS-8 (r=.489, p<.05), and TS-9 (r=.560, p<.05). Overall, the E-scale positively correlated with positive factors of TSMI, and negatively correlated to negative factors of TSMI, although all correlations weren't significant. (2) N-scale of MPI significantly correlated with TS-5 (r=-.471, p<.05), TS-6 (r=-.476, p<.05), TS-8 (r=-.524, p<.05), TS-9 (r=-.508, p<.05), TS-15 (r=.579, p<.01), and TS-16 (r=.552, p<.05). Overall, the N-scale negatively correlated to positive factors of TSMI, and positively correlated to negative factors of TSMI, although all correlations weren't significant. These results suggest that the athletes who have high competitive motivation tend to show strong extraversion and low neurotic.