THE EFFECT OF RECREATIONAL SPORT PARTICIPATION ON ACADEMIC MOTIVATION
Journal Title: Sportif Bakis: Spor ve Egitim Bilimleri Dergisi - Year 2019, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of recreational sport participation on academic motivation. Totally, 144 students (108 male, 36 female) were taken part in this research. Data was gathered through Academic Motivation Scale which was developed by Vallerand et al. (1992) and translated to Turkish Language by Karagüven (2012). The scale has 28 items. In evaluation part for questionnaires answered by participants, in addition to Kolmogorov Smirnov normality test, T-Test and One Way ANOVA tests were applied. According to the results, it was statistically determined that there were significant differences on recreational participation, free time activity, recreational practising frequency and age (p<0,05); but there were not significant differences on analyses done for gender (p>0,05).
Authors and Affiliations
Osman Gümüşgül, Ceren Gümüşgül
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