Personality Traits of Veteran Folk Dancers and Their Participation Motivation in Sports

Authors : Aydıner Birsin Yildiz, Gözde Algün Doğu

Pages : 376-386

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Publication Date : 2021-12-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The purpose of this research is to examine the personality traits of veteran folk dancers and their participation motivation in sports. The study group of the research consists of 136 (66 female, 70 male) veteran folk dancers who voluntarily participated in the research from among the veteran folk dancers who took part in the Local Branch Folk Dances Competition in line with the easily accessible sampling method. In this descriptive study conducted in the scanning model, data has been collected by means of using the Participation Motivation Scale in Sports developed by Gill et al. (1983) and reported to be valid and reliable in Turkish by Oyar et al. (2001) as well as Ten-item Personality Scale developed by Gosling et al. (2003) and reported to be valid and reliable in Turkish by Atak (2013). According to the results obtained, it can be stated that gender is not a determinant factor in the personality formation and participation motivation in sports in veteran folk dancers and that sportive success / status seeking of veteran folk dancers continues despite their advancing age in line with emotional stability, which is a dominant personality traits of veteran folk dancers.
Keywords : Folk dances, Personality, Sports, Participation motivation in sports