Atalay Gacar
In general, it has been acknowledged that the competitiveness or rivalry which is existing in the sport evolve out of achievement motivation. The focal point of achievement need for some people is that to achieve high level satisfaction rather than to success in the event based on achievement. However, the point which must be taken into consideration is that the perception of achievement will vary from person to person. In other words, each individual is obliged to determine his/her achievement behaviour. Based on these considerations, in our study, we aim at the examination of the Sport-Specific Achievement Motivation Level of Super League Handball Players. Man and woman 112 handball players who took part in interuniversity handball games in 2011-2012 have voluntarily participated in this study. “Personal Information Form” has been created to obtain information belonging to the sportspersons participated in study. In order to determine Sport-Specific Achievement Motivation Level, “Sport- Specific Achievement Motivation” scale which was developed by Wills (1982) and adopted in Turkey by Tiryaki and Gödelek (1997) has been used. The data obtained has been evaluated by SSPS statistic program and significance level has been taken as (P<0.05). At the end of the study, no significant difference has been found between the sportspecific achievement motivations levels of the handball players participated in the study in terms of gender variable. As for the variables such as playing period and being national team player, significant differences have been observed statistically in the power showing motive.
