THE STUDY OF SELF-CONCEPT BETWEEN VOLUNTEER AND NON-VOLUNTEER STUDENTS IN SPORT OF UNIVERSITIES

Reza, Andam; Asieh, Ghorbanian Rajabi; Nooshin, Benar

	THE STUDY OF SELF-CONCEPT BETWEEN VOLUNTEER AND NON-VOLUNTEER STUDENTS IN SPORT OF UNIVERSITIES
Authors	Reza Andam reza.andam@gmail.com Shahrood University of Technology of Iran P.O.Box: 3619995161-316, Shahrood, Iran Asieh Ghorbanian Rajabi asiehghorbanian@yahoo.co.uk Shomal university, Iran P.O.Box 731, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran Nooshin Benar noshinbenar@yahoo.com Guilan University of Iran P.O. Box 1841, Rasht, Iran
Abstract	Understanding personality characteristics of volunteers are important for their recruitment and retention in sport associations. This study compared self-concept as a personality characteristic between volunteer and non-volunteer students in sport associations. The method of this research was survey and descriptive. The statistical population consisted of volunteer and non-volunteer students in sport associations of Iran universities. Two hundred and fifty two students (120 volunteers and 132 non-volunteers) from 10 universities were selected as subjects by using random clustered sampling method. Pyryt and Mandaglio Self Perceived Survey (PMSPS) was used to collect the data. The content and face reliability of questionnaire was checked and confirmed. CronbachвЂ™s alpha coefficient was used to test the reliability of the questionnaire (alfa=0.90). Independent t test and U Mann-Whitney test were used for comparison of the factors between volunteers and non-volunteers. Findings of this study indicated that there was a significant difference between volunteer and non-volunteer students in social and athletic self-concept. The mean of scientific and value factors were higher in volunteers than non-volunteers, however, they were not statistically significant. We concluded that the nature of sport (active) and sport volunteering (social) encourage students who have higher self-concept for volunteering. Moreover, the characteristics of sport associations can increase self-concept in sport volunteers.
Key words	sport volunteer; student; self concept;
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Pages	73-77
Volume	3
Year	2013
doi:	10.6084/m9.figshare.646176
Title of Journal ISSN 2308-7269 English ed.Online	PEDAGOGICS, PSYCHOLOGY, MEDICAL-BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING and SPORTS
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