title: Relations between female students' personality traits and reported handicaps to rhythmic gymnastics performance.
abstract: The present study evaluated the relative contributions of Self-esteem, Trait anxiety, and Public Self-consciousness to self-handicapping on a sex-typed task, within a specific academic sport context. Prior to the competitive examination used to recruit French Physical Education Teachers, female sport students (N = 74) were asked to list and rate on a 7-point scale handicaps which could be disruptive to their Rhythmic Gymnastics performance. Self-esteem did not account for significant variance in any category of handicaps. Trait Anxiety was negatively related to handicaps related to Rhythmic Gymnastics and to Social and Work Commitments. Public Self-consciousness was significantly related to endorsement of Friends and Family Commitments handicaps. These results were discussed in relation to the literature.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche et d'Innovation sur le Sport UFRSTAPS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 27-29 Boulevard du 11 Novembre, 69622 Villeurbanne, France. claude_ferrand@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrand
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Champely
authors.forename: Philippe C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Brunel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001076:Aptitude; D005260:Female; D006173:Gymnastics; D006801:Humans; D010507:Periodicity; D010551:Personality; D012649:Self Concept; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires