Open AccessEXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF NATIONAL AND AMATEUR DISABLED ATHLETES’ DISABILTY TYPES ON SPORTS PARTICIPATION MOTIVATION
Author(s) -
Oktay Kızar,
Gönül Tekkurşun Demir,
Harun Genç
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
european journal of physical education and sport
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2501-1235
DOI - 10.46827/ejpe.v6i12.3655
Subject(s) - athletes , amateur , psychology , test (biology) , visually impaired , physical therapy , medicine , political science , optometry , paleontology , law , biology
In this study, the effect of motivation of participation in sports on various variables according to disability types of national athletes with disabilities and disabled amateur athletes has been examined. The sample of the study consisted of 159 male (127 amateurs, 32 national) who played sports in the sports clubs of the Physically Disabled Federation, the Hearing Impaired Federation, the Federation of the Visually Impaired Federation in the 2018-2019 season and played sports nationally (N = 47) in the relevant federations and 60 female (45 amateurs, 15 nationals) disabled athletes. In the research, “Sports Participation Motivation Scale in Disabled Persons” (SPMSDP) developed by Tekkurşun, Demir, İlhan, Esentürk and Kan (2018) was used as a data collection tool. In the analysis of the data obtained in the research; frequency, arithmetic average, standard deviation; Pearson Moment Correlation Test, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used. According to the research result; internal motivation scores of nationally visually impaired athletes from the scores of visually impaired athletes engaged in amateur sports; internal motivation scores of national athletes with disabilities are the scores of athletes with visual impairments who do amateur sports; from the scores of the physically disabled athletes' intrinsic motivation scores, participation of visually impaired and hearing impaired athletes; Among the scores of the male motivated and visually impaired athletes, the average of the intrinsic motivation points of the male athletes with physical disabilities; the mean score of the athletes with low economic status, hearing, and physical disability athletes with a low average economic status; It was found that the score average of a motivational of the athletes with disabilities in primary school graduates was significantly higher than the average scores of athletes with high school and secondary school graduates.
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