Examination of the goal orientation of prospective sports managers and trainers in terms of their levels of self-conception

This study aims to investigate the task and ego orientation of prospective sports managers and trainers applying to the special skills examination of the school of physical education and sports in terms of their physical self-conception levels and to examine this in terms of gender and sportive rate. The study was attended by a total of 359 volunteers, 268 of which was male and 91 female. Physical self-conception levels of the candidates were measured by "The Physical Self Description Questionnaire" (PSDQ) and their goal orientations were measured by "Task and Ego Orientation in Sports Questionnaire" (TEOSQ). In data analysis, descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, T-test, One-way Anova and LSD tests were used. Findings obtained have indicated that task orientation averages of candidates was higher than their ego orientation averages under the sub-dimension of goal orientation. Statistically significant difference by gender was observed in both sub-dimensions of goal orientation (p < 0.05). While the sub-dimension of appearance in physical self-conception was higher in women (p < 0.05), the sub-dimension of endurance was higher in men (p < 0.05). While no difference was observed in TEOSQ for licensed athletes as compared to those that are not doing sports, it was observed that PSDQ was higher (p < 0.05) and there were differences in PSDQ in terms of sportive experience (coordination, physical activity, sports competence, endurance). A significant correlation was observed between TEOSQ and PSDQ (p < 0.05). In conclusion, findings showed that licensed athletes had a higher physical self-concept than those who do not do sports, that women's goal (task and ego) orientation levels were higher than those of men and that the increase in the goal orientation of people also caused a positive increase in their physical self-concept and the physical self-concept which was in favor of men in terms of gender difference changed in favor of women