The Journal of Sports and Physical Education, sa.112, ss.202-206, 2015 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study aims at comparing the level of motivation of
the national and non-national karate players who have
participated in the inter-university championship of
Turkey. The sample of the study is formed by 100
sportlers who have participated in the interuniversity
championship of Turkey in the year 2014. Sports-specific
success motivation scale (SSSMS) developed by Willis
(1982) and the personal information form have been used
for the purpose of measuring the motivation for success.
SPSS 20 packet program has been used for the analysis
of the datawhile “Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and “AnovaHomogenity of variances” test have been performed for
determining whether the data have a normal distribution
and for determining the homogeinty respectively and it
has been determined that the data had a homogenous and
normal distribution. Descriptive statistics and
independent sample t test have been performed for the
analysis of the data and at the end of the study It has
been determined that the national sportlers had a higjher
motivation score than the non-national sportlers.