Abstract

MEIRA JUNIOR, Cássio de Miranda et al. Extraversion, neuroticism and motor performance in children performing the dart throwing. Rev. bras. psicol. esporte [online]. 2008, vol.2, n.1, pp. 01-14. ISSN 1981-9145.

Sixty Brazilian children (10.3 yr.-old, SD = 0.8), 28 boys and 32 girls, were classified on an adapted Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Brazilian version). Only extreme scorers on Extraversion and Neuroticism were considered. The dimension «Psychoticism» was controlled for. Four experimental groups were formed: low Extraversion, high Extraversion, low Neuroticism, and high Neuroticism. The motor task consisted of throwing a dart with the dominant hand at a circular dartboard. The children performed 5 trials with the provision of knowledge of results. The results showed association between the scores on Extraversion and Neuroticism and the scores on a dart-throwing task.

Keywords : Personality traits; Motor performance; Dart-throwing.

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