Moods and Prosocial Motivation Levels of Athletes

Authors : Burcu Sıla Göncü, Yakup Kılıç, İlimdar Yalçın

Pages : 529-536

Doi:10.15314/tsed.1479198

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Publication Date : 2024-12-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study aimed to determine the relationship between moods and prosocial motivation levels in sport. The research group consisted of 386 (145 female, 241 male) participants who resided in the Eastern Anatolia Region and had a sports background. Personal information form, Brunel Mood Scale and Prosocial Motivation Scale were used as data collection tools. The analysis of the obtained data showed that the data were normally distributed. As a result of the data obtained, t-test was used to compare the two groups and Pearson Correlation test was applied to examine the relationships between the parameters. According to the results, it was determined that females had a higher level of confusion dimension than males in the mood scale. It was determined that there was a positive correlation between the sports experience and the vitality dimension and a negative correlation between the fatigue dimension. A negative low-level significant relationship was detected between Brunel mood scale dimensions of anger, confusion, depression, fatigue and tension and prosocial motivation dimension. Besides, a positive low-level significant relationship was found between the vitality dimension and prosocial motivation. As a result, it was determined that there was a decrease in negative moods and an increase in positive moods of athletes with more experience in sports. However, it was observed that the increase in prosocial motivation level was positively related to positive moods and negatively related to negative moods.
Keywords : Sporcu, pozitif-negatif ruh hali, prososyal motivasyon