Personality Characteristics Of Barefoot Runners

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Personality characteristics of barefoot runners: openness and conscientiousness as the defining traits
Nicholas Hanson, Janet Buckworth
J. Sport Sci Health (2016). doi:10.1007/s11332-016-0311-z

Purpose
Personality traits may play a part in whether a person chooses to run (or not run) barefoot. The purpose of this study was, therefore, to characterize the personality variables of this population and compare them to shod runners and to the general population.

Methods
An online survey was administered to runners who had completed a race of at least 13.1 miles in the previous 2 years. Participants were asked about their running experience and were classified as either barefoot or shod. The Big Five Inventory was used to assess the five dimensions of personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. Independent samples t tests were used to compare the means of the two groups on the five personality dimensions.

Results
The mean age of the respondents was 39.8 ± 11.3 years (range 18–80). Of the 692 runners who completed the survey, 238 reported they had run barefoot. These runners scored significantly higher on the trait of openness and lower on conscientiousness. There were no differences between the groups in agreeableness, extraversion or neuroticism.

Conclusions
These results suggest that runners who have attempted barefoot running tend to be more open (imaginative, unconventional, curious) and less conscientious (responsible, dependable, orderly) than shod runners.
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Admin2 · Sep 19, 2016

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William Fowler · Sep 21, 2016

That explains a lot!!

Craig Payne · Sep 21, 2016

William Fowler said: ↑

That explains a lot!!
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It does not really explain their propensity to misinterpret, misunderstand, misuse, misquote and outright lie about the research though.

BEN-HUR · Sep 21, 2016

From my experience with these runners (although I shouldn't generalise here)... I found a high incidence of narcissism amidst a Left-wing fascist tendency...

Craig Payne said: ↑

... their propensity to misinterpret, misunderstand, misuse, misquote and outright lie about the research though.
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Yep... that's some of the Left-wing fascist traits... also name calling we can add to the list :mad:

The new emoticons are cool... :eek: :confused: :oops: o_O

Craig Payne · Sep 21, 2016

BEN-HUR said: ↑

Yep... that's some of the Left-wing fascist traits... also name calling we can add to the list :mad:
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Yep; the behavior of some of them in social media platforms was despicable.

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