The purpose of the study was to compare differences among 18 personality
trait scales of the California Personality Inventory (CPI), six American Association of
Health, Physical Education and Recreation (AAHPER) tests of physical fitness, and
Ponderal Index (PI, or body mass) measurements for a population of ethnic Chinese
and aboriginal Taiwanese junior high school male athletes and nonathletes; the secondary
purpose was to determine relationships among these variables. The study sample
included 839 subjects, administered the tests at 18 junior high schools in Taiwan,
Republic of China (ROC). Statistical analysis was prepared at the Institute of Physical
Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, ROC. The subject population
included 183 subjects active in team sports (volleyball, soccer, baseball), 214
subjects active in individual sports (track and field, wrestling, swimming), and 442
nonathlete subjects between the ages 13 to 16 years.
From the results of this investigation, it was found that ethnic Chinese and aboriginal
Taiwanese subjects differed significantly on several of the CPI trait scales and
physical fitness tests, but that there were no significant differences between the two
racial classifications for PI measurements. Athlete subjects from both racial classifications
scored significantly higher than nonathletes on all of the physical fitness tests,
and upon several of the CPI trait scales. Nonathletes from both racial classifications
scored significantly higher than athletes from both groups for the PI measurements.
In addition, team sport athletes scored significantly higher than individual sport athletes
on physical fitness tests for sit-ups, the long jump, and the 600-yard run, as well
as for PI measurements and the CPI Self-Acceptance scale.
Significant interactions were found between athletes and nonathletes from both
racial classifications for the sit-ups, shuttle run, and 50-yard dash physical fitness test
and the CPI Communality scale, and between individual and team sport athletes from
both racial classifications for the pull-ups and sit-ups physical fitness tests. For the
ethnic Chinese subjects, with the exception of pull-ups, there was a significant interaction
between all physical fitness tests and for 15 of the 18 CPI trait scales; for the
aboriginal Taiwanese subjects, there was a significant interaction between all of the
physical fitness tests and total CPI score.
No significant correlationships were found between the CPI trait scales, tests of
physical fitness, and PI measurements for ethnic Chinese subjects, whereas significant
correlations among the same variables were established for the aboriginal Taiwanese
subjects. For the latter, as physical fitness test scores increased, there was a tendency
for certain personality characteristics (Dominance, Capacity for Status, Sociability,
Social Presence, Self-Acceptance, Achievement via Independence, Intellectual Efficiency,
and Femininity) to become increasingly strong influences. / Graduation date: 1992
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/36352 |
| Date | 03 April 1992 |
| Creators | Lin, Ching-ho |
| Contributors | Ahrendt, Kenneth M. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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