Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to examine the volunteer motivations of individuals participating in sports events. The descriptive method, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. The study group consists of 178 volunteers who participated in sports events in Turkey between the years 2021-2022 and were selected by simple random sampling method. As a measurement tool, Yıldız et al. (2015) "Sports Events Volunteer Motivation Scale" was used. In the analysis of the data, firstly, skewness and kurtosis analysis methods were used to test the normality distribution. In order to determine the differences between the variables, t-test and ANOVA tests were performed for related samples. Cronbach's Alpha analysis was applied to determine the reliability of the measurement tool. According to the data obtained from the research, no significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of volunteering motivation in sports events in terms of gender, education, level of sports (amateur or professional) and the way of deciding to participate in sports events. According to the age of the participants, a significant difference was found in the sub-dimensions of 'purposeful' and 'solidarity', which are sub-dimensions of volunteering motivation in sports events. While this difference is in favor of the participants aged 31 and over in the purposeful sub-dimension, it is in favor of the participants aged 18-25 in the solidarity sub- dimension. Considering the sub-dimensions of volunteering motivation in sports events in terms of marital status, a significant difference was found in the 'purposeful' sub-dimension. Accordingly, the volunteering motivation level of the married participants in sports is higher than the male participants. As a result, in the purposeful sub-dimension of married participants it is seen that participants aged 31 and over have higher scores in the purposeful sub-dimension, and participants aged 18-25 have higher scores in the solidarity sub-dimension. As a result, it is understood that the "Purposeful" sub-dimension has a higher average score than the other sub-dimensions, and that individuals who voluntarily take part in sports activities participate in accordance with the purpose of the activity in order to be beneficial to the society and other individuals.

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