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The goals of this research are to determine the differences in the personality traits, psychological skills and optimism among handball players in different age groups (1) and to determine the correlations between these characteristics (2). The research was conducted on a sample of 78 subjects, members of one handball team (Prvo plinarsko društvo Zagreb), in the beginning of 2015. In this study, three instruments from the battery Multidimensional Scale of Sports’ Psychological Talents (MSSPT) are used for the first time. The results show that no differences are found between age groups of handball players in optimism and personality traits. The oldest age group (age of 18) have the experience that they are the best mentally prepared. The youngest handball players (age of 12) have the experience that they are the most motivated, confident and concentrated. Motivation is the skill with highest associated with other psychological skills. However, the Scale of the Future and Psychological Skills Scale show satisfactory reliability (except the subscale Team emphasis). Big Five Modified Inventory-10 in all subscales showed unsatisfactory reliability, so have to be improved in future studies. |
