Recent Innovations in Psychology

Recent Innovations in Psychology

The Interplay Between Gender and Personality Types in Shaping the Tendency to Study Physical Education at University

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Mohammad Ali Sahebkaran 1
Mohammad Mosalanejad 2
Samaneh Khazaei 3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management,, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran.
2 Ph.D in Sports Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran
10.22034/rip.2024.459075.1034
Abstract
The present study aimed to investigate the interplay between gender and personality types in shaping the tendency to study physical education at university. A descriptive survey methodology was employed for this study. The sample comprised 382 candidates (238 males and 144 females) aspiring to study physical education, selected through random sampling across various examination centres. The Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI) and a bespoke physical education questionnaire were utilised to collect data. The content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by experts, and the reliability was determined by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. The data were analysed using two-way analysis of variance, followed by Bonferroni's post hoc test. The findings indicated that the interactive effect of gender and personality on the proclivity of candidates for physical education was statistically not significant (P>0.05). No significant difference was observed between male and female candidates in their inclination towards physical education (P>0.05), although a notable variation was found among different personality types (P>0.05). The variance in the propensity for physical education across various personality types highlights the pivotal role of personality in this regard. It is therefore advisable to consider students' personality traits in academic advising and during the selection process for physical education programmes.
Keywords
gender
personality traits
physical education
student admission
Subjects
 
Abedi, G., Mohammadi, A., Alizadeh, A., Hoseini, H., & Yahyazadeh, O. (2013). A Survey on the Relationship between Personality Factors and Sex in Students of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences . Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 22(98), 114-122 (In Persian). URL: https://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-1869-en.html
Alizadeh, Y., Khoshbakht Pishkhani, M., Kazemnezhad, Leily E., Khoshrang, H., Behboudi, H., Mohammadi, M., et al . (2014). Factors Associated with Medical Students Tendency to Choose a Medical Specialty. Journal of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, 23(89), 29-36 (In Persian). URL: https://journal.gums.ac.ir/article-1-566-en.html
Asfaw, F. M. (2021). Patterns of inequality in higher education: the case of students' field choice. International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 18(4), 421-437. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJLIC.2021.118406
Briggs, K. C. (1976). Myers-Briggs type indicator. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press. URL: https://evangelnorth.net/wp-content/uploads/
Cai, Z., Fan, X., & Du, J. (2017). Gender and attitudes toward technology use: A meta-analysis. Computers & Education, 105, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2016.11.003
Dixon, G., Kind, T., Wright, J., Stewart, N., Sims, A., & Barber, A. (2019). Factors that influence the choice of academic pediatrics by underrepresented minorities. Pediatrics, 144(2).  https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-2759
Erdoğmuş, İ., & Ergun, S. (2016). Understanding university brand loyalty: the mediating role of attitudes towards the department and university. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 229, 141-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.07.123
Forsman, L. J., de Manzano, Ö., Karabanov, A., Madison, G., & Ullén, F. (2012). Differences in regional brain volume related to the extraversion–introversion dimension—a voxel based morphometry study. Neuroscience research, 72(1), 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neures.2011.10.001
Franco, M., & Pinho, C. (2019). A case study about cooperation between University Research Centres: Knowledge transfer perspective. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 4(1), 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2018.03.003
Freudenstein, J. P., Strauch, C., Mussel, P., & Ziegler, M. (2019). Four personality types may be neither robust nor exhaustive. Nature human behaviour, 3(10), 1045-1046. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0721-4
Harun, S., Abd Rahman, M. B., & Abd Rahman, R. (2021). Factors Influencing Career Adaptability and Vocational Employability Towards Career Choice Among Bakery and Pastry Students. Advanced Journal of Technical and Vocational Education,5(1). 1-8. URL: https://www.academia.edu/108439913/Factors
Ibrahim, Z. L., Khan, A., Ramli, J. B., & Qureshi, I. M. (2019). Relationship among Vocational Preference, Self Concept and Educational Needs of Married Women in Women Center for Continuing Education, Sokoto State of Nigeria. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 10(6), 1330. https://doi.10.5958/0976-5506.2019.01481.5
Kargar, S., & Ahmadi, S. (2013). A Study of Womenâ`s Attitude towards Sport Participation and its Effective Socio-Psychological Factors. Journal of Applied Sociology, 24(4), 189-210 (In Persain). URL: https://dor.isc.ac/dor/20.1001.1.20085745.1392.24.4.10.6
Khosravi, S., & Haghayegh, S. A. (2018). Comparison of personality characteristics and personality types of contact and non-contact sport majors. Knowledge & Research in Applied Psychology, 18(4), 21-34 (In Persian).  URL: https://journals.iau.ir/article_539387.html
Krejcie, R. V., & Morgan, D. W. (1970). Sample size determination table. Educational and psychological Measurement, 30, 607-610. https://doi.org/10.1177/001316447003000308
Kurniawan, D. A., Perdana, R., & Kurniasari, D. (2018). Identification of student attitudes toward physics learning at batanghari district high school. The Educational Review, USA, 2(9), 475-484. http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/er.2018.09.003
Liu, Y., Li, J., Zhu, Y., & Chen, T. (2021). A study on main factors influencing major choice of Nanjing audit university students. Journal of Higher Education Research, 2(5), 280-288. URL: https://front-sci.com/journal/article?doi=10.32629/jher.v2i5.493
Mbain, H. A. (2021). The impact of personality of performance in sports in some higher intitutions in the Buea Municipality. International Journal of Innovative Analyses and Emerging Technology, 1(1), 24-33. https://openaccessjournals.eu/index.php/ijiaet/article/view/25
Merlo, E. M., Sicari, F., Frisone, F., Alibrandi, A., & Settineri, S. (2020). Personality types and dreaming in future health professionals: Effect of age and gender. International Journal of Dream Research, 160-172. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2020.2.70571
Mohammad Esmaeil, E. (2005). Study and comparison of sixteen personality types of Iranian and Indian students. Journal of Psychology & Education, 35(1), 121-134 (In Pesain). URL: https://jpsyedu.ut.ac.ir/article_10585.html
Mokhtar Zadeh Bazargani, S., & Alizadeh, S. (2019). Assessing Factors Affecting the Orientation of the Cours-of-Study Selection In Students. Management and Educational Perspective, 1(1), 15-30 (In Persian). https://doi.org/10.22034/jmep.2019.100581
Momeni Rad, A., Ali Abadi, Kh., & Pourjamshidi, M. (2014). Impact of Personality Types on the Rate of Participation of Learners in the Moodle Learning Management System. Education Strategies in Medical Sciences, 7(5), 293-299 (In Persian). URL: https://edcbmj.ir/article-1-445-en.html
Myers, I. B. (2003). MBTI manual: A guide to the development and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. CPP. URL: https://shop.themyersbriggs.com/en/mbtiitems.aspx?ic=6111
Nazarzadeh, F., Mami, S., & Nazarzadeh, M. (2014). Examine the relationship between personality type and level of confidence in the girl students in Zainab hostel of Lorestan University. Journal of Ilam University of Medical Sciences, 22(3), 149-154 (In Persain). URL: https://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-1501-en.html
Payrovi, N., Derakhshan, F., Karimi, T., & Asefzadeh, S. (2012). Factors influencing the selection of study field in students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. Journal of Inflammatory Diseases, 16(2), 87-90. URL: https://brieflands.com/articles/jid-155702
Porter, S. R., & Umbach, P. D. (2006). College major choice: An analysis of person-environment fit. Research in Higher Education, 47(4), 429-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-005-9002-3
Poškus, M. S., & Žukauskienė, R. (2017). Predicting adolescents' recycling behavior among different big five personality types. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 54, 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2017.10.003
Poursaberi, R., & Yaghoobi Beglar, N. (2018). The Study of the Role of Myers/Briggs Personality Traits in Predicting Students' Academic Procrastination in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Education Strategies in Medical Sciences, 11(1), 118-125 (In Persian). http://dx.doi.org/10.29252/edcbmj.11.01.15
Sar, M. (2021). Factor Affecting Female Students’ choice of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Career Choice: Literature Review. Unnes Science Education Journal, 10(2), 69-78. http://doi.org/10.15294/USEJ.V10I2.45320
Scott, C., & Medeiros, M. (2020). Personality and political careers: What personality types are likely to run for office and get elected?, Personality and individual differences, 152, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109600
Shahabadi, Z., Saraee, H., & Khalajabadi Farahani, F. (2016). The investigation of attitude toward studying continuation after marriage and its effect on parening decision (the studying of women who are about to marriage in Nayshabour town). Social Sciences, 22(71), 126-162(In Persain). https://doi.org/10.22054/qjss.2016.4850
Srivastava, A., Dasgupta, S. A., Ray, A., Bala, P. K., & Chakraborty, S. (2021). Relationships between the “Big Five” personality types and consumer attitudes in Indian students toward augmented reality advertising. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 73(6), 967-991. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJIM-02-2021-0046
Tang, L. C., & Seng, C. (2016). Factors influence students’ choice of accounting major in Cambodian universities. Asian Review of Accounting, 24 (2), 231-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARA-04-2014-0049
Yusefi, A., Jabbari, A., Koushki, J., & Heidari, A. (2014). The relationship between personality type and leadership style of managers in educational hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Health and Development Journal, 3(1), 84-93 (In Persain). URL: https://jhad.kmu.ac.ir/article_91424.html
Zare, E., Karami, A., & Feiz, M. (2013). Desirable personality typology model of engineering occupation fields(Myers – Briggs Type Indicator). Iranian Journal of Engineering Education, 15(59), 39-57 (In Pesian). https://doi.org/10.22047/ijee.2013.3958