Personality traits and cricket players: A cross-sectional observational study

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the significant differences of Personality Traits among Cricket Players. The target population of the current study includes, “Wicket Keeper”, “Bowler”, and “Batsman” of Inter-college level participation from the respective colleges affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Punjab: The sample of Thirty-Two (viz., N = 32) for the contemporary study is categorized into the following groups: Group-A: Wicket Keeper; (n1 = 6), Group-B: Bowler; (n2 = 12) and Group-C: Batsman; (n3 = 14). The Big Five Personality Inventory was utilized for the purpose of this investigation. Convenience sampling (also known as availability sampling) is a specific type of non-probability sampling method that relies on data collection from population members who are conveniently available to participate in study were utilized for the purpose of this study. To compare the sample of Thirty-Two (viz., N = 32; Group-A: Wicket Keeper (n1 = 6); Group-B: Bowler (n2 = 12) and Group-B: Batsman (n3 = 14) on the basis of “Personality Traits”, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was employed. The Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) results conducted on the Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Personality Trait (Total) of Wicket Keeper, Bowler & Batsman, revealing statistical insignificant at a significance level of 0.05.