Abstract:

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of perceived self-regulation levels on target commitment of secondary school students participating and no-participating in inter-school sports competitions. “General Information Form”, “Perceived Self-Regulation Scale (PSRS) and “Goal Commitment Scale (GCS)” were used to collect the data. The sample group consisted of 313 (male = 130, female = 183) students studying at secondary level. Pearson Moment Correlation test, Manova analysis and simple linear regression analysis were used for data analysis. As a result of the analysis, the main effect of the variables of gender and participating in inter-school sports competitions was not determined to be statistically significant for PSRS and GCS. As a result of the regression analysis, it was determined that perceived self-regulation predicted the target commitment positively and statistically significant. Also, it was determined that there was a positive and significant difference between PSRS and GCS. In this study, it was determined that participating in inter-school sports competitions did not significantly affect perceived self-regulation and target commitment levels. It is recommended that the study should be applied to students who do regular sports and students who do not do regular sports.

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