Investigation of 30 Meter Sprint Performances with and without Finish Line in Athletes in Terms of Personality Traits

The aim of this study was to investigate 30-metre sprint performances of athletes with and without finish line in terms of personality traits. A total of 61 male athletes with an age, height and body weight mean of 19.98±1.52 years, 173.16±.007 cm and 65.49±10.06 kg, respectively, voluntarily participated in the study. In order to achieve this aim, personality traits of athletes in different branches and 30-metre sprint values were measured twice. The first 30-metre sprint values were taken by suggesting \`Think that the finish line is further ahead and do not decrease your speed when you approach the finish line\`. In the second 30-metre sprint, no suggestion was made to the athletes and the participants were asked to perform. After the measurements, running performances with and without a clear finish line were compared according to personality traits. Therefore, the effect of personality traits on compliance with suggestions and result-orientated behaviour in athletes was revealed. The \`Ten-Item Personality Scale\` developed by Gosling, et al. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2003); and adapted into Turkish by Atak insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2013); was used to determine the personality characteristics of the participants. The 30-metre sprint values with and without the finish line were measured using a photocell. Statistical data were analysed with STATA 13 version. Structural Equation Modelling and Poisson Logistic Regression Analysis were applied to determine the relationship between the groups. As a result of the analyses, it was determined that the athletes with higher \` agreeabeleness \` sub-dimension had better 30-meter sprint values with the finish line and the athletes with higher \`responsibility\` sub-dimension had better 30-meter sprint values without the finish line. As a result, it can be stated that the participants with high agreeabeleness sub-dimension had a higher tendency to comply with the suggestions, while the participants with high responsibility sub-dimension had a lower tendency to comply with the suggestions.