Dean G O, Dean N M, Turner A A
Arctic Sports Medicine/Human Performance Laboratory University of Alaska Anchorage.
Arctic Med Res. 1991 Jul;50(3):131-7.
This study uses a personality profile questionnaire to determine what it is about a person's character that makes them unique to their finish place in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race using data collected from 1988 and 1989. It is the purpose of this study to determine differences in personality that make a musher a top ten finisher as opposed to those who finished in other groups. Mushers were divided into five groups: 1) top ten, 2) 11 to 20, 3) 21 to 30, 4) 31 to last, and 5) scratches. Data was subjected to an analysis of variance (ANOVA) and a Pearson Product-Moment Correlation to determine if any significant distinctions occurred among these groups. A main effect is found in Factor E, Factor F, Factor L, and Factor Q2. In Factor E, Group 1 (top ten finishers) was found to be more aggressive. This group is also more enthusiastic (Factor F). Top mushers are more suspicious and hard to fool (whereas those who finish last are more trusting [Factor L]). Top ten finishers are more group-oriented than the rest of the mushers, inferring that they get along with others and are more helping (Factor Q2). These data suggest that to place in the top ten pack of Iditarod mushers, one must be aggressive, enthusiastic, and calculating.
本研究使用一份性格特征调查问卷，利用1988年和1989年收集的数据，来确定一个人的性格中究竟是什么因素使其在艾迪塔罗德步道雪橇犬比赛中的最终名次具有独特性。本研究的目的是确定性格上的差异，这些差异使得一名雪橇犬驾驶者成为前十名完赛者，而不是那些在其他组完赛的人。雪橇犬驾驶者被分为五组：1）前十名；2）第11至20名；3）第21至30名；4）第31名至最后一名；5）退赛者。对数据进行方差分析（ANOVA）和皮尔逊积矩相关分析，以确定这些组之间是否存在任何显著差异。在因素E、因素F、因素L和因素Q2中发现了主效应。在因素E中，第1组（前十名完赛者）被发现更具攻击性。该组也更热情（因素F）。顶尖的雪橇犬驾驶者更多疑且难以被愚弄（而最后完赛的人更值得信任[因素L]）。前十名完赛者比其他雪橇犬驾驶者更具团队导向性，这意味着他们与他人相处融洽且更乐于助人（因素Q2）。这些数据表明，要在艾迪塔罗德雪橇犬驾驶者中进入前十名，必须具备攻击性、热情且有谋略。
