Evaluation of the effect of sports expectation and environmental factors on athlete satisfaction in adolescents

Abstract

This study has been designed to evaluate the effect of the sports expectation of adolescents participating in summer sports schools in Konya and the environmental factors on athlete's satisfaction. A total of 458 individuals, 179 girls and 279 boys, who attended sports schools, participated in the study with the principle of voluntary participation via the convenience sampling method. In addition, a survey form created by conducting expert opinion and literature review was used for the relationship between the expectation levels of adolescents and the satisfaction level of environmental factors. In addition to descriptive statistical models, Anova analysis methods were used in the statistical analysis of data (α = 0.05). According to the results of t-test on the expectations of athletes according to gender and the effects of environmental factors on athlete's satisfaction, it was found that there was a significant difference in terms of gender in the sub-dimensions of “Athletes Expectation Level” and “The Effect of Environmental Factors on Athlete Satisfaction” (p < 0.05).

Keywords: Sports expectation, athlete satisfaction, environmental factors.

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