Insights into the personality of 193 German elite youth football players and potential implications for the development of motor performance and injury risk
To our knowledge, this is the first study applying Cloninger's model in German elite youth football. These findings provide rare descriptive insights into adolescent athletes' personality profiles and suggest that personality may play a greater role in long-term development, resilience, and talent progression than in immediate physical performance.
Authors
- Johannes Kirsten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2986-1448)
- Achim Jerg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-7389)
- Daniel Alexander Bizjak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4075-0204)
- Sebastian Viktor Waldemar Schulz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2137-3274)
- Alexander-Stephan Henze
- Julia Holzapfel
- Markus Kiefer
- Lynn Matits
- Eric Schwarz
Institutions
- Universität Ulm (DE)
- University Hospital Ulm (DE)
- Cognitive Research (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2026.1713872
- Primary Topic
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00