Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
11. Uluslararası Spor Bilimleri Kongresi , Antalya, Türkiye, 10 - 12 Kasım 2010, ss.196-198
In recent years, there has been an increase in aggressive behaviors in female soccer. Aggressive
behaviors in female soccer put an emphasis on the question of what the levels of the
sportspersonship orientation of female soccer players are. In this regard, it is the aim of the study to
investigate the sportspersonship orientation of female soccer players. 231 female soccer players
from five different leagues in Turkey participated in the study in the season of 2009-2010. The
Multidimensional Sportspersonship Orientations Scale: MSOS, developed by Vallerand et al (1997)
and translated into Turkish by Sezen-Balçıkanlı (2009) was employed to gather the data. On the basis
of research findings, female soccer players stated that the subdimensions “respect for social
convention” and “respect for rules and officials” corresponded to them “a lot”, while the
subdimension “respect for one’s full commitment” corresponded to them “exactly”. As for the last
subdimension “respect for opponents”, female soccer players mentioned that this subdimension
corresponded to them “partly”. Hence, the lowest average was for informal fair play “respect for
opponents” and “respect for social convention” whereas the higher one was for the formal fair play
“respect for rules and officials”. Thus, one can argue that sportspersonship orientation in female
soccer was based more on formal fair-play governed with the rules, and that behaviors can vary
through the referee authority depending on lose or win. However, the sportspersonlike behaviors
observed in female soccer during and after the game seem to advocate this finding.