title: Personality hardiness at different levels of competitive motorcycling.
abstract: This study assessed the personality construct of hardiness within elite, male, full-time, professional motorcycle racers (n = 32) from the Federation Internationale de Motorcyclisme (F.I.M) Moto G. P Championship (n = 16) and World Endurance Championship (n = 16), as well as club level motorcycling competitors (n = 31). All riders completed Nowack's Cognitive Hardiness Inventory (1990), either before the start of official qualification during race week (elite professional riders), or prior to a club weekend meet (club racers). There was a significant group difference on hardiness. In the select group of professional riders, the top 10% performing, elite riders had a significantly higher mean score on hardiness than the bottom 10% of performers, providing further evidence of high hardiness scores amongst elite performers.
authors.affiliation: University of Greenwich, London SE9 2PQ. s.thomas@gre.ac.uk
authors.forename: Sion
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Agombar
authors.forename: Iain
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Greenlees
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D010551:Personality / Q000502:physiology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data