Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkish Studies (Elektronik), cilt.14, sa.7, ss.3671-3686, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi)
This study was conducted to find out whether university students’achievement states and attitudes towards violence differ in terms of theirdemographic information and to research the association between them.Descriptive relational survey model was used in the study. Thepopulation of the study consists of university students studying atOndokuz Mayıs University, Yaşar Doğu Faculty of Sport Sciences duringthe 2018-2019 Academic Year. The sample of the study consists of 145students chosen with random sampling method among students whowere studying in the departments of Physical Education, Training, SportManagement and Recreation. Data collection tools of the study are 2x2Achievement Orientation Scale developed by Elliot and Murayama (2008)and adapted by Arslan and Akın (2015) and Attitude towards ViolenceScale developed by Çetin (2001) and “Personal Information Form”developed by the researcher. For the analysis of data, Mann Whitney-Utest was used for paired comparisons, Kruskal Wallis H test was used formultiple comparisons and Spearman correlation coefficient was used forcorrelation analysis. It was found that 2x2 Achievement Orientation Scaleand Attitude towards Violence Scale of the university students did notdiffer significantly in terms of the variables of gender, sport age, purposeof doing sport and department; while significant difference was found only in Attitude towards Violence Scale in terms of the variables of ageand type of sport. The variable of state of doing sport was found to differsignificantly in learning-approach and the variable of income level wasfound to differ significantly in learning-avoidance sub-dimension in 2x2Achievement Orientation Scale. Low and negative associations werefound between university students’ achievement stats and their attitudestowards violence.