Trait self-control discriminates between youth football players selected and not selected for the German talent program : a bayesian analysis
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Die Eigenschaft der Selbstbeherrschung macht den Unterschied, ob jungen Fußballspieler für das deutsche Talentprogramm ausgewählt bzw. nicht ausgewählt werden : eine bayessche Analyse |
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Autor: | Wolff, Wanja; Bertrams, Alex; Schüler, Julia |
Erschienen in: | Frontiers in psychology |
Veröffentlicht: | 10 (2019), Art.-ID 2203, [6 S.], Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02203 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU202001000189 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Trait self-control predicts success in various walks of life. Sports is a prototypical domain, where self-control is required, and there is evidence that successful athletes display superior self-control. Here, we assess if self-control already differs between athletes that were selected for a talent development program and non-selected athletes. Self-reported trait self-control was assessed in n = 25 (7 = female, 13.2 ± 1.7 years) youth football players who were part of the German talent development program and in n = 27 (6 = female, 13.6 ± 1.8 years) age and sex matched youth football players, who trained at the same clubs but had not been selected for the program. A one-sided Bayesian two-sample t-test yielded a Bayes factor of 54.99, indicating very strong evidence for the hypothesis that elite youth football players have higher trait self-control than non-elite youth football players. The 95% credibility interval indicates that the true value of δ lies between 0.28 and 1.42, indicating some uncertainty regarding the effects’ magnitude. We show that already at young age, elite athletes display higher levels of self-control than their less successful peers. This underlines the importance of self-control as an important personality factor for success. These findings might have implications for talent selection and for sport psychological training.