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Table 2 Mann Whitney U Test results of positional competitiveness and proactive personality traits of soccer players by gender

From: Proactive personality and positional competition: exploring the impact on soccer players’ performance and gender differences

Scale

Gender

N

Mean Rank

Mean

S.D

Z

E.S

p

Development Effort

Female

95

120.73

6.26

1.23

-.610

-04

.959

Male

147

121.18

6.13

1.41

Receiving Teammate Support

Female

95

109.33

4.97

1.39

-3.068

-.160

.036*

Male

147

128.59

5.29

1.43

Providing Teammate Support

Female

95

107.13

5.46

1.42

-.466

-.196

.009*

Male

147

130.79

5.81

1.43

Communication

Female

95

101.13

5.22

1.59

-.913

-.277

 < .001**

Male

147

134.67

5.90

1.34

Self Awareness

Female

95

111.47

5.53

1.48

-.759

-.136

.069

Male

147

127.98

5.85

1.34

Coach Recognition

Female

95

112.53

5.39

1.47

-.497

-.122

.106

Male

147

127.30

5.65

1.38

Coach Preference

Female

95

116.15

4.87

1.29

-.861

-.073

.337

Male

147

124.96

4.99

1.30

Positional Competition in Sport Total Score

Female

95

103.23

5.40

1.14

-.876

-.238

.002*

Male

147

131.82

5.70

1.13

Proactive Personality

Female

95

127.56

5.88

1.06

-1.395

.090

.237

Male

147

116.73

5.69

1.12

  1. **p < .001, *p < .05