Tazegül, Ünsal
The determination of the relationship between levels of narcissim and motivational trends in the contact sports
Journal of Human Sport and Exercise. 2013, 8(3): 837-846. doi:10.4100/jhse.2013.83.09
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/34427
DOI: 10.4100/jhse.2013.83.09
ISSN: 1988-5202
Abstract: 
The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between levels of narcissim and motivational trends in the contact sports. The sample of the study includes a total of 465 young athletes in the branches of boxing, freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling, taekwondo, judo, karate and kickboxing, participated in Turkey Youth Champions in 2012. Sport-specific motive scales (SSMS) and Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) was utilized in order collect the datas in this study. SPSS 20 package software was used for the data analysis. The test of Kolmogorov-Smirnov to determine whether the data had a normal distribution, the test of Levene was applied to determine the homogeneity of variances and it was determined that the datas had an homogeneous and normal distribution. Descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation analysis were used in the analysis of the data. In the result of data analysis, there was a a statistically significant relationship between the motive to achieve success with exploitation dimension and the power motive with superior dimension (p<0,05).
Keywords:Athlete, Narcissism, Motivation, Relation
Universidad de Alicante. Área de Educación Física y Deporte
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