Burcu Baser, Perican Bayar and Behrouz Ghorbanzadeh
The aim of the research is to determine the differences in goal orientation in respect to the age categories and gender of volleyball players. From among players who played in Turkey in 2012, 67 young women, 71 junior women, 71 senior women and 77 young men, 77 junior men, 71 senior men, 433 athletes in total, participated in the research. The goal orientation of the volleyball players was assessed by a “Task and Ego Orientation in Sports Questionnaire- TEOSQ”. The findings of the project revealed considerable differences in the goal orientation in relation to the gender of the players [F(2,427)= 14.457; p=.000], and the gender X category [F(2,854)= 7.956; p=.000]. Moreover, considerable differences were found in regard to the goal orientations and the egos of athletes of both genders. According to the findings of the research, the goal orientation and ego of women is higher than those of men. According to genderx category, while there is a considerable difference in goal orientation statistically, there is no considerable difference in ego orientation. According to these findings, the task orientation of the competing athletes in the older women category is higher than that of the other groups. In short, the task orientation and ego of women is superior to that of the men and the task orientation of women is superior to the senior category, and the young and the junior categories.
