Abstract: In order to explore the excellent athletic aerobics and cheerleading athletes' personality characteristics, to analyze the influence of athletic aerobics and cheerleading on the athletes' personality traits and to apply it to the training and selection of athletes, the paper employs 16PF questionnaire to investigate 51 athletic aerobics and cheerleading athletes in East China Normal University. The results show that (1) The score of gregariousness in female athletes is higher than that in male athletes while the score of emotional stability in male athletes is higher than that in female athletes.(2) Aerobics athletes score higher in their perseverance, determination and constancy. (3) The longer the training period is, the lower the score is in both independence and imagination. (4) Better sports performance leads to lower score in independence and vigilance.

Key words: athletic aerobics, cheerleading, 16PF, norm, gregariousness, independence