The aim of the present study was to compare clinical patterns and clinical symptoms of personality between athletes in contact and non-contact sports. The variables were assessed with Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III manual and Eyesenck personality questionnaires. Subjects consisted of 200 male (18-30 years) who selected from 4groups of colleges teams (box, karate, swimming, gymnastic) in the West- Azerbaijan in Iran. Mannova test was used for statistical analysis. Results demonstrated that contact sport players had high scores in the histrionic, narcissistic, antisocial, negativism and sadistic scales, but in schizoid scale acquired low scores in comparison of non-contact sport players and there were not significant differences among groups in personality factors. According to the results of this study results it can be concluded that, the groups are distinguished significantly in the majority of variables, indicating that contact athletes present differentiated psychological characteristics in comprise non- contact athletes.
