Personality traits of selected female United States Volleyball Association players

The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether there were differences in selected personality traits between female U. S. V. B. A. players, as measured by the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, and the general population; to determine if there were any differences in selected personality traits of female U. S. V. B. A. players who were categorized primarily as hitters or setters. Sixty-eight female U. S. V. B. A. players agreed to participate in this study. The subjects represented a selected sample of teams from the following states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The subjects were placed in one of two groups: hitters or setters. Forty-five subjects indicated that they were hitters and twenty subjects indicated that they were setters. Three subjects classified themselves as both hitters and setters. For the purpose of this study these subjects could not be categorized, therefore, they were dropped from the study. A t-test was used in the statistical treatment of the raw data, to test the null hypothesis of no significant differences in selected personality traits, as measured by the Cattell Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, between the general population and selected female U. S. V. B. A. players. The selected volleyball sample was found to be significantly more intelligent, happy-go- lucky, and suspicious than the general population