PROFESYONEL FUTBOLCULARDA HEDEF YÖNELİMİNİN MOTİVASYONEL YÖNELİM ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

Abstract

Goal orientation was proposed by Nicholls (1989), and refers to how a person shows competence divided into two different directions: ego and task orientation. Deci and Ryan (1985) stated that individuals participate and continue sport activities for certain internal or external reasons. Intrinsic motivation refers to one's participation in an activity, pleasure and satisfaction from this situation. External motivation, on the other hand, is expressed as reinforcers carrying material and spiritual values ​​through other people. Understanding the motivation and goal orientation of individuals participating in sports can help coaches to develop training programs and improve adherence to performance. The aim of this study is to investigate how the goal orientations of professional footballers affect their motivational orientations. 121 (Xyas = 23.6 ± 3.6 years) professional football players participated in the study. In order to determine the target orientations of the participants, ‘Sporda Görev ve Ego Yönelimi Ölçeği (SGYÖ)’ adapted to Turkish by Toros (2001) and to determine their motivational orientations, ‘Sporda Güdülenme Ölçeği (SGÖ)’ adapted to Turkish by Kazak (2001) were used. For the analysis of data In the first stage, 4 groups were formed according to the scores obtained by the participants from the SGYÖ: High ego-Low task, Low ego-High task, High ego-High task and Low ego-Low task. Then 4 (Group) x 3 (internal, external, amotivation) One Way ANOVA was used. According to the findings of the study, Low Ego-High Task-oriented athletes scored significantly higher than the intrinsic motivation sub-dimension compared to High Ego-Low Task-oriented athletes (p <0.05). When the scores obtained from the Amotivation sub-dimension of the groups were examined, the Low Ego-High Task orientation group scores were significantly lower than the Low Ego-Low Task and High Ego-High Task orientation groups (p <0.05). When the results of this study are examined, it can be said that high duty-low ego-oriented players have more intrinsic motivation than low duty-high ego-oriented players. This situation is in parallel with many studies in the literature (Ryan and Deci, 2007; van de Pol et al., 2012). Given the critical importance of contributing to the training of more successful athletes, it is recommended to increase efforts to increase intrinsic motivation and task orientation.