Preference for Practicing Location in Table Tennis Classes and Students' Personalities

Abstract

Some previous researchers have described relations of seating positions in classrooms to measures of personality. In this study of table tennis classes, the relations of the preference for practicing location and individuals' personality scores were investigated. 78 Japanese university students were administered a questionnaire composed of a question about their preference for location, the Maudsley Personality Inventory, and the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Two-way analyses of variance showed that students who preferred different areas in a gymnasium had different scores on Extraversion-Introversion, Neuroticism, and Trait Anxiety. The results implied that effective instructors should understand and use such relations in organizing group lessons in table tennis.