Key result
Conscientiousness linked to greater COVID-19 preventive behaviors among professional male basketball players.
Why the study?
Preventive behavior against COVID-19 is crucial to minimizing damage in sports, prompting an evaluation of the relationship between preventive health behavior and Big-5 personality factors across socio-demographic variables in professional basketball players.
Cross-Sectional (n=106)
Effect estimate: β 0.41
p-value: p=<0.001
Conscientiousness and marital status are associated with higher adherence to COVID-19 preventive health behaviors among male professional basketball players.
Conscientiousness and marital status were associated with stronger COVID-19 preventive behaviors in players; leaves open whether personality-targeted strategies merit testing in athletes.
Background and objective: The whole world is suffering extensive damage from COVID-19, and even the world of sports cannot escape this situation. Preventive behavior against COVID-19 is crucial to minimizing this damage. Therefore, this study analyzed data examining preventive behaviors of all Korean professional basketball players, providing empirical evidence of the relationship between preventive health behavior and Big-5 factors depending on socio-demographic variables. Material and methods: Using an online survey, data were collected from 106 players registered with the Korean Basketball League in the 2019-2020 season. Results: Married players and those with more years of experience were more thorough in managing injuries and preventing infections. Among the Big-5 personality traits, conscientiousness had a significant effect on COVID-19 prevention and health management behavior. Players low on neuroticism demonstrated higher performance in terms of injury management behavior. Conclusions: These results provide critical insight regarding the preventive health behavior of professional sports players. The findings can serve as basic data for enhancing COVID-19 preventive behavior of male basketball players, and as a reference for a decrease in damage in professional sports leagues from COVID-19 and normal management and maintenance.
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Kim et al. (2021) conducted a cross-sectional in COVID-19 preventive health behavior (n=106). Conscientiousness (Big-5 personality trait) was evaluated on COVID-19 preventive health behavior score (β 0.41, p=<0.001). Among Korean professional male basketball players, the personality trait of conscientiousness was significantly associated with higher COVID-19 preventive health behaviors (β 0.41, p<0.001).
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