Investigation of University Students' Self-Efficacy and Sport Specific Success Motivation Levels

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of individual self-efficacy of students at the Facultyof Sport Sciences on their success and motivation levels in sports and to determine whether they differaccording to demographic variables. This research consists of 275 students, 210 males and 65 females, studyingin different departments at the Faculty of Sport Sciences in Uşak University. In the research, the 'PersonalInformation Form' prepared by the researcher, 'Sports Specific Success Motivation Scale (SSSMS)' developedby Willis (1982) which was adapted to Turkish by Tiryaki and Gödelek (1997) and reliability - validity studieshave been performed; and the 'Self-Effectiveness-Efficacy Scale' developed by Sherer et al. (1982) which wasadapted to Turkish by Gözüm and Aksayan (1999) were used. Analysis of the data related to the questionnaireand scale used in the research was done by using SPSS 22 statistical program.T-test and ANOVA can be usedin case of total scores obtained from the Sport-Specific Success Motivation scale and the Self-EffectivenessEfficacyscale subscales show normal distribution.Otherwise, nonparametric tests should be used.For thispurpose, “Shapiro Wilk” normality test was applied for total scores.In all statistical tests, it was considered as? = 0.05.As a result of the research; when we look at the effect of individual self-efficacy on the success andmotivation levels of the students at the Faculty of Sport Sciences; there is no significant difference in gender,age, class, parental status, family income level, number of doing sports, being a licenced player but there is asignificant difference in doing regular sports.