Proactive personality and positional competition: exploring the impact on soccer players’ performance and gender differences
Proactive personality can be a determinant of positional competition in sports. Moreover, these findings may provide important contributions to the development of talent identification, athlete development programs and coaching strategies that aim to increase competitiveness and success in positional contexts. In addition, in the present study, it can be concluded that following athletes over time is an important phenomenon for proactive personality and athletic development.
Authors
- Ahmet Kurtoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-5419)
- Constantin Şufaru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8923-8653)
- Gizem Başkaya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6001-1727)
- Bekir Çar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7422-9543)
- Simone Ciaccioni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9533-9178)
- Luciana Dragomir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3239-4127)
- Özgür Eken (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5488-3158)
- Claudiu Octavian Bulzan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0695-3967)
- Cristina Ioana Alexe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7424-7741)
- Elena Adelina Panaet
Institutions
- Inonu University (TR)
- Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University (TR)
- Pegaso University (IT)
- University of Bacău (RO)
- Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad (RO)
- Bucharest University of Economic Studies (RO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01086-6
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.32