Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the general self-efficacy beliefs and source of motivation of the Police Academy students engaged in sport activities. 314 male students take part in individual and team sports at the Police Academy in 2012 participated in this study. The data used in this studywere collected by using “Sport Motivation Scale”,”General Self-Efficacy Scale” and “Personal Information Form”. Pearson correlation coefficient, one-way analysis of variance and t-test were conducted for data analysis. The study revealed that there are significant differences between general self-efficacy levels and extrinsic motivation levels in sports depending on “class” and there are significant differences in the levels of intrinsic motivation to know-accomplishment depending on “participating in individual or team sports”. On the contrary, general self-efficacy, intsinsic motivation to experience stimulation, introjection, identification, external regulation, amotivation in sport motivation levels did not differ between individual and team sports. In addition, intrinsic motivation to know-accomplishment, intsinsic motivation to experience stimulation, introjection, identification and amotivation levels did not differ among the upper and lower classes. A low level of positive significant relationship was observed among intrinsic motivation to know-accomplishment, intsinsic motivation to experience stimulation, introjection, identification, external regulation and general self-efficacy scores. Consequently, the findings of the study provide practical methods and recommendations on how students engaged in sport activities improve their general self-efficacy and motivation levels.

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