Investigation of The Relationship Between the University Student Wrestlers' Difficulties in Regulating Positive Emotion with Sport-Specific Achievement Motivation

Abstract

The aim of the research is to examine the relationship between the difficulties in organizing positive emotions and sports-specific success motivation of athletes participating in the inter-university wrestling championship. The sample consisted of 107 athletes. Data collection tools, Weiss et al. (2015) developed by, Asıcı et al. (2018)’s 13-items Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Positive (DERS-Positive), Willis (1982)’s developed, Tiryaki and Gödelek (1997)’s adapted to Turkish, 40-item “Sports-Specific Achievement Motivation Scale (SSAMS) was used. Descriptive analysis, t-test, Anova and correlation were applied to the data. The level of significance designated .05.

As a result of the research, wrestlers who compete in the greco-roman category are based on gender; On the whole scale of difficulties in regulating positive emotion, according to gender in wrestlers who is wrestling in the free category; There was a difference in favor of male wrestlers in non-acceptance, goals and impulse subscales. It was observed that there was a difference in the scale and the sub-dimensions of the women and men wrestlers 'Difficulties in Regulating Positive Emotion according to the parents' attitude. It has been observed that there is a difference in the overall and sub-dimensions of the Success Motivation in Sport Scale of women and men wrestlers according to the parents' attitude.

Between the Scale of Difficulties in Regulation Positive Emotion and the Scale of Performance Motivation in Sports as a result of the research; positive among the subdimensions of not accepting, succeeding and avoiding failure in female wrestlers, negative among the sub-dimensions of impulse, success and failure to avoid failure, With the Scale of Difficulties in Regulation Emotion Scale Positive in male wrestlers, a low level of positive-oriented relationship was observed in the sub-dimensions of the Scale of Success motivation in sports, showing strength, success and avoiding failure.

Keywords: sport, emotion regulation, success, motivation

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/11-21-24

Publication date:July 31st 2020