Evaluation of the personality characteristics of professional and amateur goalkeepers

The aim of the study was to identify the personality characteristics of professional and amateur soccer goalkeepers, examining the attitudes and psychic functions more utilized by them to evaluate differences and similarities between groups. QUATI was the test employed to evaluate these aspects in a sample composed by 28 goalkeepers (14 amateurs and 14 professionals). The predominant attitude was extroversion and the dominant psychic function was sensation, in both groups. Athletes with this attitude enjoy variety and action during activities and get impatient with long and slow trainings, being more practical than theoretical. The psychological types that had predominated were introverted sensation with thought and "extroverted sensation with thought". The results indicated the existence of common personality characteristics of these athletes because of the similarities found in the personality characteristics of professional and amateur goalkeepers.

Sport Psychology; Personality characteristics; Goalkeepers; Jung theory