Adel Mirzaei, Reza Nikbakhsh and Farideh Sharififar
This article was aimed to investigate the relationship between personality traits with sport performance. The method of the study is descriptive correlational. The data was collected using questionnaires and through field study procedure. The population of the study consisted of 229 non elite football and futsal players in the 2010-2011 season in Ardebil city. The sample size was equated with the population. Personality was assessed using the NEOFive Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI; Costa & McCrae, 1992) and athlete's performance was assessed by coach's rating (Piedmont et al., 1999). The stepwise regression analysis indicated that from among personality components only Conscientiousness have positive significant correlation with sport performance. The result, also, indicated that conscientiousness was the sole predictor of sport performance.
