Examining the Relationship Between Sportsmanship Understanding and Self-Efficacy Levels in Athletes

The purpose of this research is to examine athletes' sportsmanship understanding and self-efficacy levels in terms of different variables. The sample of the research consisted of 178 student athletes studying at Ahi Evran University, Faculty of Sports Sciences in 2024. In the study, a personal information form, the sportsmanship behavior scale developed by Gümüş et al. (2020) and the self-efficacy scale developed by Riggs, Warka, Babasa, Betancourt and Hooker (1994) and adapted into Turkish by Öcel (2002) were used as data collection tools. Distribution, frequency, t test, anova test and correlation analysis were performed to compare the relevant data. As a result of statistical analysis, while there was no significant difference for all scales according to the participants' gender, type of sport and family income level variables, a significant difference was observed for the variables of nationality and sport year. Additionally, it was determined that there was no significant relationship between sportsmanship and self-efficacy.