Sports-specific success motivation of B2-B3 visually impaired athletes

• Main Author: Çankaya, Cemali
• Publication Date: 2021
• Format: Article
• Language: eng; por
• Source: Revista Política e gestão educacional
• Download full: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/rpge/article/view/15500
• topic: B2-B3 visually impaired; Sports-specific success; Motivation; Discapacidad visual B2-B3; Éxito en deportes específicos; Motivación; Deficiência visual B2-B3; Sucesso esportivo específico; Motivação

The aim of this study is to examine the sport-specific success motivation in visually impaired athletes according to different variables. 39 male, 59 female, totally 98 athletes from visually impaired sports clubs from different provinces participated in the study, voluntarily. The sport-specific success motivation scale was developed by JD Willis (1982) and the study of its validity and reliability in Turkey was carried out by Gödelek and Tiryaki (1997). Results show that no statistically significant difference was found according to gender, disability status, sports branch, visual degree, year of doing sports, and the year of working with the trainer (p> 0.05). As a result of the research, this study revealed that visually impaired athletes, due to their disability, avoid failure because of proving themselves or feeling their presence, and that the sense of failure motivates visually impaired athletes more. Therefore, no significant difference was found between variables.