Comparing Political Skills in terms of Personality Types: A Research on Students in Individual or Team Sports

The aim of this study is to determine whether political skills of student athletes in individual or team
sports are differentiated in terms of personality types. The sample group consists of 315 students
who are enrolled at the School of Physical Education and Sports in Sakarya University, Marmara
University, Kocaeli University and Mugla Sitki Kocman University. SPSS 15.0 software package was
used in order to evaluate the collected data. As a conclusion, no significant difference was found
between political skills of student-athletes and whether they do sports in individual or in a team.
“Thinking” and “Feeling” personality types, which are preferred by student-athletes when making
decisions, differ in terms of “Social Astuteness” dimension of the Political Skill Inventory and
whether student-athletes do sports in individual or in a team.