The paper presents a study aimed at testing the existence of differences in psychological dispositions kickboxer with regard to their level of sports performance. The survey covered three basic dimensions of personality: Extraversion-introversion, neuroticism-emotional stability and psychoticism, as well as the following perceptive disposition: speed perception forms, speed rounding a whole, the flexibility of concluding the perceptual material and the ability of manipulation in the perceptual space. In a sample of 50 male patients, aged from 18 to 27 years of age, the effect of different sports (16 elite and 34 sub-elite kickboxers), were applied Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Bukvic- Štajnberger test for assessing the ability of the perceptive response (F -1). Results show a significant correlation dimension Neuroticism and Psychoticism with the level of success in elite sport kick-boxer. When it comes to the level of perception of competitors, results indicate that there are no significant deviations from the average values of other athletes whose perceptive abilities previously investigated.
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