Özet:

The purpose of this study was to examine the motivation of 11-14 aged students in sport participation. Total of 149 students (n=70 female and 79 male) at 11-14 age range who play in school teams, participated in this study . Their average age was 12,79±0.95 years. Participation of Motivation Questionnaire (PMQ) developed by Gill, Gross and Huddleston (1983) that consists of 30 items was used to collect data in this study. PMQ was adapted to Turkish by Oyar, Aşçı, Çelebi and Mülazımoğlu (2001). Difference in sport participation motivation between male and female students was determined by Independent Sample t-Test. Results showed that there were significant differences between 11-14 aged male and female groups in “success” and “competiton” sub-dimensions of motivation in sport participation. It was determined that female sudents have higher motivation in sport participation comparing to male students in two sub-dimension. In other words, the importance of winning, struggling and gaining a status by means of sports for female students who play in school teams was revealed in sport participation.

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