Motivation and self-efficacy in American football players

OBJECTIVE Motivation, cited as the reason of behaviour, has received too much attention over the past three decades. Within an educational and sport context, researchers have also viewed motivation from a multidimensional perspective containing intrinsic, extrinsic and a motivational factors. The theory of self-efficacy has been viewed as the most extensively used theory for investigating motivational issues in sport and exercise. The purpose of this study was to explore the relation between Sport Motivation and Self-Efficacy in American Football players. METHODS The sample was 60 American Football players based on convenience sampling. The Sport Motivation Scale (Pelletier et. al., 1995) and Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale were the instruments. Turkish Sport Motivational Scale included 6 subscales; intrinsic motivation to know-accomplishment, experience stimulation, introjections, identi-fication, external regulation, motivation. Multiple regression analysis was employed to analyze the data. RESULTS Athletes were found to use mostly intrinsic motivation to experience stimulation (x=5.52) and leastly exter-nal regulation (x=3.37) for motivating themselves. Regression analysis showed that generalized self efficacy (?=.33, p