Expressed motives of amateur karate and taekwondo athletes for sport participation

Authors : Nurullah Emir EKINCI, Halil BISKIN, Umit Dogan USTUN

Pages : 360-362

Doi:10.15314/tsed.356981

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Publication Date : 2017-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to investigate amateur karate and taekwondo athletes` participation motivation mutually. A total of 206 amateur karate and taekwondo athletes voluntarily participated in the study. In the study to collect data Turkish version of Participation Motivation Questionnaire insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PMQ); used. The questionnaire consisted of 30 items and eight factors. In the evaluation of data in addition to descriptive statistical methods, MANOVA was used to identify significant differences. As a result, according to descriptive statistics, while the most important motive for sport participation was found to be as `skills development,` the least important motive was found to be as `friend` for both karate and taekwondo athletes. But MANOVA results did not reveal any significant differences insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>.05);. This result is thought to be because of both karate and taekwondo are individual sport branches and requires both skill and talent. 
Keywords : Karate, participation motivation, sports, taekwondo