Document Type : Original Article
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Department of Motor Behavior, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran. Brain & Movement research group, Research Center of Biosciences and Biotechnology (RCBB) University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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1.Motor Behavior department, Physical Education and sport science faculty, University of Tabriz 2. Brain & Movement research group, Research Center of Biosciences and Biotechnology (RCBB) University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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Motor Behavior department, Physical Education and sport science faculty, University of Tabriz
Abstract
Purpose: This study aims to explore the relationships between personality types, executive functions, and cognitive interference in athletes.
Methods: This descriptive correlational study involved 212 athletes from East Azerbaijan Province, selected via cluster random sampling across individual and team sports. Data were collected using questionnaires on demographic information, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, cognitive interference, and a behavioural rating scale of executive functions in adults. Analyses included Pearson correlation coefficients in SPSS 26 and path analysis in Smart PLS 3.
Results: Results showed introversion, sensing, and thinking dimensions were positively associated with executive functions and negatively associated with cognitive interference. Conversely, the judgment dimension showed a negative relationship with executive functions and a positive one with cognitive interference. These findings were inversely related to the reciprocal personality dimensions; extraversion, intuition, feeling, and perceiving. Additionally, a significant negative relationship was observed between executive functions and cognitive interference. Path analysis revealed that personality traits can predict cognitive interference both directly and indirectly through their influence on executive functions.
Conclusion: All four personality dimensions were related to cognitive interference and executive function. Therefore, the mediation effect showed that the development of executive functions leads to a reduction in cognitive interference in athletes.
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