Behaviour variables in superior swimmers.

This study investigated relationships between behavioural responses on the Psychological Inventories for Competitive Swimmers and selected performance classifications and characteristics of male (N = 91) and female (N = 85) swimmers at the 1977 Canadian Winter National Swimming Championships. Responses were divided into four groups representing social, attitudinal, and activity behaviour and motivational events. These responses were compared on the basis of sex, age, years of participation in serious swimming, past performance achievement categories, current performance achievement categories, and performance improvement. Swimmers appeared to differ in their behavioural responses across the dimensions of sex, years of participation, and performance time improvement or non-improvement.