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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1489131
This article is part of the Research Topic Towards a Psychophysiological Approach in Physical Activity, Exercise, and Sports-Volume III View all 15 articles

Running, Walking, and Cross-country Skiing: How to Shape Adolescents' Personalities through Physical Activity ?

Provisionally accepted
Yucheng Gao Yucheng Gao Xiaotian Li Xiaotian Li *
  • Capital Institute of Physical Education and Sports, Beijing, China

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    Adolescence is crucial for personality development, and sports play a significant role. This study investigates the impact of various sports on the personality traits of junior high and high school students in Shandong Province, focusing on neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.Utilizing data from the "Database of Youth Health," we employed Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR) and Generalized Structural Equation Modeling (GSEM) to analyze the effects of physical activity on personality development.Findings reveal that walking significantly enhances openness and decreased neuroticism, while jogging/running substantially improves extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Cross-country skiing, however,negatively impacts all assessed personality traits. In addition, the importance of gender differences in the relationship between physical activity and personality development was revealed. The results offer insights for promoting adolescent personality development through targeted sports activities.

    Keywords: Adolescent personality, Sports participation, Big Five Personality Traits, gender differences, Physical activity frequency, Seemingly unrelated regression models

    Received: 31 Aug 2024; Accepted: 14 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Gao and Li. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Xiaotian Li, Capital Institute of Physical Education and Sports, Beijing, China

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