Personality characteristics of intercollegiate football players as determined by position, classification, and redshirt status.
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108 college football players were categorized by position (offensive linemen, offensive backs, wide receivers, defensive linemen, linebackers, defensive backs), by classification (freshmen, sophomore, junior, senior), and by redshirt status (playing, not playing) to investigate Ss' personality characteristics as determined by position, classification, and redshirt status. Each S completed a battery of psychological tests, including the Profile of Mood States, a measure of authoritarianism, and a locus-of-control scale. Results indicate that linebackers showed more general mood disturbance than players at other positions, while defensive backs evidenced less depression than other players. Freshmen tended to be more disoriented and fatigued than upper classmen, and Ss that had been redshirted exhibited substantially more aggression than participating Ss. Findings are discussed in terms of the validity of popular-player stereotypes and the influence of participation in intercollegiate football on psychosocial development. (French abstract) (16 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
