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The purpose of this study was to develop a scale to identify the weight loss methodology preferred by athletes and to determine the effect of the chosen weight loss methodology on themselves. On this purpose, a sample group, composed of athletes from wrestling, boxing, judo, taekwon do, karate and kick-box have been formed. Totally 466 (86 female, 380 male) athletes who especially loose weight previously their matches comprised the sample group of the study.In the analysis part of the study, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to initial version of the scale which had an item pool of 32 item. According to the criteria's 21 item loaded on 5 factor which had eigen value over 1 remained. Factors were named as “Physical Effects” (items; 10, 12, 13, 14, 11), “Psychological Effects” (items; 19, 17, 18, 15, 16), “Ergogenical Support” (items; 8, 9, 7), "Diet" (items; 2, 3, 1) and "Dehydration" (items; 6, 5, 4). In the evaluation of items 5 point Likert type scale was used. The Cronbach's alpha values of the factors ranged between .56 and .86. Total scale's Cronbach's alpha value was .74. The correlation tests between factors revealed significant positive correlation, (p

The aim of the study is to compare the sport motives of individuals participating sport in two different groups. 300 volunteers are the participants of the study. Along with the personal information form, Sport Participation Motivation Scale which was developed by Gill et al., (1983) validity and reliability of which was checked for Turkish population by Oyar et al., (2001) and were used. As a result of the analysis, it was found that sport participation motives do not vary according to gender. In addition it was revealed that students of sport high school are more motivated than members of sport centers. Among students of sport high school, certificated sportspeople are more motivated compared to non-certificated sportspeople, individuals doing team and individual sports are more motivated than non-competitive sportspeople and younger students are more motivated than older ones. Among the members of sport center no difference and relation were found between the ages of the sportspeople and their status of owning certificate or not. Furthermore, sport center members doing team and individual sports were seen to be more motivated than non-competitive sportspeople in terms of the dimensions, namely friends, achievement/ status and physical fitness/energy consumption. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file . Ozet Farkli iki grupta spora katilim gosteren bireylerin spor yapma gudulerinin karsilastirilmasi bu arastirmanin amacini olusturmaktadir. Arastirma grubu 300 gonullu katilimcidan olusmustur. Veri toplama araci olarak kisisel bilgi formu ile birlikte, Gill ve ark., (1983) tarafindan gelistirilen Turk populâsyonu icin Oyar ve ark., (2001) tarafindan gecerlik ve guvenirlik calismasi yapilan Spora Katilim Gudusu Olcegi kullanilmistir. Yapilan analizler sonucunda cinsiyete gore spora katilim gudulerinin farklilasmadigi belirlenmistir. Genel olarak spor lisesi ogrencilerinin spor merkezi uyelerinden daha fazla gudulendigi belirlenmistir. Spor lisesi ogrencilerinden; lisansli sporcularin lisansli olmayan sporculara gore, takim ve bireysel sporlarla ugrasanlarin aktif sporcu olmayanlara gore ve daha genc yasta olan ogrencilerin digerlerine gore daha fazla gudulendikleri belirlenmistir. Spor merkezi uyeleri arasinda ise; farkli yas gruplari ve lisansli sporcular ile lisansli olmayan sporcular arasinda iliski ve farkliliklar bulunmamistir. Bununla birlikte spor merkezi uyeleri arasinda, takim ve bireysel sporlarla ugrasanlarin aktif spor yapmayanlara gore ozellikle arkadas, basari/statu ve fiziksel uygunluk/enerji harcama boyutlarinda daha fazla gudulendikleri ortaya konulmustur.