A Comparison of the Personality Characteristics of Highly Successful, Moderately Successful, and Unsuccessful High School Basketball Coaches as Measured by the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
A Comparison of the Personality Characteristics of Highly Successful, Moderately Successful, and Unsuccessful High School Basketball Coaches as Measured by the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
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1973
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McCarthy, Eugene F. Jr.
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Steel, Donald H.
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Abstract
This study compared the personality characteristics
of successful, moderately successful, and unsuccessful high
school basketball coaches. Winning percentage was the criterion
chosen to measure success. The subjects were 52
varsity high school basketball coaches from Anna Arundel,
Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties public
schools. Each coach was administered individually the
Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire Form A at
their respective schools.
The coaches were grouped into highly successful, moderately
successful, and unsuccessful categories according
to their cumulative winning percentage in their last three
years of varsity high school basketball coaching. To be
highly successful, the coaches needed a winning percentage
of .60 or greater, for moderately successful .41-.59, and
for unsuccessful .40 or lass.
A one-way analysis of variance was computed to determine
if any significant differences existed between the
three groups on any of the twenty personality factors
measured.
The results indicated that there are no significant
differences on any of the twenty personality factors measured
for the three groups.
Within the limitations of this study, it would appear
reasonable to conclude that there is no difference between
the personalities of the highly successful, moderately
successful, or the unsuccessful coaches.