Analysis on Sportspersonship Orientations of Students Studying in Faculty of Sports Sciences/School of Physical Education and Sports

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the sportspersonship orientations of students studying in the faculty of sports sciences/school of physical education and sports by different variables. The population of this descriptive research is composed of the students studying in faculty of sports sciences/school of physical education and sports in six different universities while the sample is composed of 949 students studying in different grades and departments. As the data collection tool, personal information questionnaire and "Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientation Scale-MSOS" developed by Vallerand et al. (1997) of which reliability and validity of Turkish version was ensured by Sezen-Balçıkanlı (2010) were used. The scale comprises of four subdimensions and 20 questions. The reliability coefficient of the multidimensional sportspersonship orientation scale was found to be (0.89). Data were analyzed in statistical package program. In the analysis of the study, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, independent samples t test and one way variance analysis were used. It has been determined in the study that the multidimensional sportspersonship orientation of students is high. It has also been ascertained that there are significant difference in the variables of sex, age and the grade studied in terms of the multidimensional sportspersonship orientation of students (p<0.05). However, no significant difference was observed in the variables of the university studied and doing sports (p>0.05). It has been concluded that the variables of university studied and doing sports aren't effective on sportspersonship orientation of students while the variables of sex, age and the grade studied are effective on sportspersonship orientation of students.

The Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientation Scale (MSOS-25) Cultural Adaptation in Kenya

“…From the results of the MSOS-25 scale, we can conclude that a subscale showed a significant association with a weak negative relationship with age, that as age increases, respect for the other party or care becomes less and less important, along with sportsmanship. My results are the same as those of Karatas and Savas (2019), although they found a significant association on several subscales. My finding matches with age; the importance of sportsmanship, respect for the other party, and rules decrease.…”

“…In the case of the Multidimensional Sportpersonship Orientation Scale, the Kenyan sample showed a significant difference in favour of the young athletes on the first subscale (Respect for social convention). The opposite result of Karatas and Savas (2019) is the result of this result. On the same subscale, nonathletic young people achieved significantly higher results compared to their fellow athletes.…”

“…In the Multidimensional Sportpersonship Orientation Scale, we found a significant difference in favour of men in the case of the "Respect for social conventional" subscale, so men are more likely to adhere to social conventions than women. Karatas and Savas (2019), on the other hand, (although they took the fifth (negative subscale) out of the test, found a significant difference in favour of women on each of the subscales, except for subscale 1 ("Respect for social conventional"). This result is consistent with the investigation of Özsari and Altin (2021), who also performed the MSOS-20 variant.…”

“…In their study, Karatas and Savas (2019) Özsari and Altin ( 2021) also used the MSOS 20question 4-underscal version on 95 athletes in the study, depending on the gender variable of the candidate national athletes, in all sub-dimensions except for the "Respect and concern for the opponent" sub-dimension of the sportsmanship scale. The average values of female athletes were found to be higher than that of male athletes and this change was found to be statistically significant.…”

Understanding Players’ Sportspersonship Attitude, Expectancy-Related Beliefs, and Subjective Task Values in Field Hockey: An Integrated Approach

“…This could be possibly due to sociocultural settings, sample population, motivational climate, and advancement in technology [27]. This is due to the circumstances whereby elite players play at elite tournaments, i.e., Olympics or World Cup, with higher prestige and circumstances that are more at stake compared to secondary school students playing at school or state-level tournaments [20,29].…”