Examination of Personality Traits in Athletic Training Students

摘要

Athletic training, similar to other health professions, is not practiced in a vacuum. Rather our viewpoints, decisions, and ultimately, actions can be influenced by a multitude of external and internal factors. External factors that can influence athletic trainers include time, resources, organizational culture, and policies. Internal (i.e., psychological) factors that are less evident include athletic trainers' perceptions, cognition, emotions, personality, and ideologies. Accordingly, athletic training researchers have begun to examine various aspects of the cognitive development of athletic training students (ATSs), such as learning styles, professional socialization, and ethical ideologies and decision making.