Examining to see elite sight-disabled athletes according to the dimensions of the scale of motivation in sport

Abstract

Made the purpose of this study is to examine to see disabled athletes according to the dimensions of the scale of motivation in sport. The study group is comprised of 168 visually impaired athletes in total, including 51 females and 117 males, identified by the targeted sampling method, between the ages of 15-25, who do sports at elite level. The Sport Motivation Scale (SMS) was developed by Pelletier (1995) basing on the Theory of Self Determination by Deci and Ryan (1985). The purpose of SMS is to determine the level of "internal motivation, external motivation and nonmotivation" of the person in the sports environment and to identify the source of motivation of the person (Kazak, 2004). Validity and reliability of the scale for Turkish athletes was studied by Kazak (2004). In conclusion, this study has demonstrated that to know and succeed and to experience stimuli and identification subdimensions are effective in sports attendance of visually impaired athletes engaged in sports at elite level. Moreover, it has been demonstrated that age, education level and sports branch variables have an impact on tendency for sports. It can be concluded that compared to older athletes, younger athletes have low tendency for sports because of anxiety and embarrassment and are not conscious about why they do sports. It has been concluded that athletes of weight lifting and judo, which have contribution to physical development at the top level, believe the nature of their sports branch contributes more to their physical development and their strength is acknowledged and appreciated by other people.

Pre-competition mental energy and performance relationships among physically disabled table tennis players

“…With high motivation, an athlete would spend more time training and persist longer when facing adversity. Research indicates that disabled athletes have diverse motives to participate in competitive sports ( Mumcu et al, 2017 ). Also, some researchers found participating in competitive sports provided a means of affirming competence, promoting fitness, and delaying disabilities ( Page, O’Connor & Petersen, 2001 ).…”

Examining the Levels of Forgiveness and Psychological Resilience of Teacher Candidates

“…They associate the psychological deficiencies of the athletes with the low motivation capacities or if any, problems or illnesses they can assert. The athletes with strong motivation level have high psychological levels (Mumcu, Acet, Kusan, Zambak, Koc 2017). People who are psychologically strong can continue their lives more easily and adapt to the current situation despite the risk factors caused by the traumatic lives (Guloglu and Karairmak, 2010).…”

Assessing the Difference of Emotional Intelligence among Visually Impaired, Blind Cricketers, and Non-Cricketers

“…It was previously demonstrated that there is a difference in the scores among the subscales of the athletes and the non-athletes [52][53][54]. The findings were strengthened by a few further studies, which described that the visually impaired athletes and the non-athletes had a significant difference in the psychological factors, which included socialization [55], well-being [56,57], and motivation [58].…”