Personality characteristics those prone to sports addiction. Review of foreign sources

Arkhipova Elizaveta

This article analyzes the scientific data presented in foreign sources on the problem of sports addiction and highlights its characteristic individual and personal characteristics. The selection of scientific articles was carried out in Google Scholar. The review of foreign sources showed that such individual personality traits as the big five personality traits (extroversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness (conscientiousness), openness to experience, benevolence), perfectionism, narcissism, self-esteem, perseverance, anxiety, etc. are significantly expressed in people with prone to sports addiction. The topic of sports addiction, as well as the study of individual personality traits that contribute to its development, is currently quite popular. One can notice a growing interest in this issue among scientists around the world. For a comprehensive understanding of sports addiction, it is necessary to continue research in order to supplement existing knowledge and apply it in practice.

Keywords:athletes; sports addiction; physical exercises; physical activity; personality; extraversion; neuroticism; narcissism; anxiety; depression.