Anthropometrical characteristics and
somatotype of young soccer players and their comparison with the general population.
A body of knowledge exists comparing the
somatotype, physical and psychological characteristics of soccer, field hockey and basketball players (34-38).
Eiin WJ, Flyger N, Wilson N (2007)
Somatotypes of young Malaysian track and field athletes.
Our hypothesis at the beginning of this study was that different
somatotypes would have an effect on isokinetic muscle strength and dynamic balance scores.
An individual's
somatotype is expressed as a three number rating of the three main components; endomorphy, mesomorphy, and ectomorphy respectively (6).
Keywords: Cricket, cricket players, physical characteristics,
somatotypeRelationship of
somatotype and body composition to physical performance in 7 to 12 year boys.
A study by Lerner and Gellert (1969) of 45 white middle class kindergarten children looking at same-sex silhouettes representing thin (ectomorph), average (mesomorph), and obese (endomorph)
somatotypes indicated that 86% of the children had an aversion to the endomorphic body type.
At age 5 years, little difference was found between the
somatotypes of girls who did and did not report later abuse.
The differences between the
somatotypes were compared using a repeated measure ANOVA.
Relation between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and morphologic
somatotypes. Spine.
For example, in Science and Human Behavior he even seems favorably disposed to such unorthodox ideas as Huntington's (1938) climatic determinism and Sheldon's (Sheldon & Stevens, 1942) theory of
somatotypes. Yet, just when he acknowledges these intriguing possibilities, he dismisses their relevance to the study of behavior: Even when it can be shown that some aspect of behavior is due to season of birth, gross body type, or genetic constitution, the fact is of limited use.
Some readers may remember his
somatotypes, with ratings on the three dimensions of ectomorphy, mesomorphy, and endomorphy.
His early work focused primarily on processes of development and change in human personality and led him quickly beyond then-current views that sought to interpret behavior largely or exclusively in terms of relatively simplistic concepts of "nature" (e.g., Sheldon's
somatotypes) versus "nurture" (e.g., Hullian-type learning theory).
Stereotyped
somatotypes. Psychological Reports, 8, 17-78.
