Investigation of the relationship between personality traits and sportsmanship orientation levels of sports high school students

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between personality traits and sportsmanship orientation levels of sports high school students. The research population consists of 2022-2023 academic year Elazığ Kaya Karakaya Sports High School students (n=217) and the sample of the research consists of volunteer students (n=126) who are actively interested in any sports branch within this high school. Two different scales, the Multidimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale and the Ten-Item Personality Scale, were used as data collection tools in the study. According to the gender of the participants, a significant difference was detected in favor of men in the Extraversion sub-dimension of the Ten-Item Personality Scale (p<.05) and no significant difference was detected in any sub-dimension of the Multidimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale (p>.05).). No significant difference was detected in any sub-dimension of the Ten-Item Personality Scale according to the participants' sport type (p>.05), and a significant difference was detected in favor of those who do individual sports in the sub-dimensions of Compliance with Social Norms and Respect for Rules and Management of the Multidimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale (p<.05). According to the participants' family education level, no significant difference was detected in any sub-dimensions of the Ten-Item Personality Scale and Multidimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale (p>.05). According to the age of the participants, a significant difference was detected in the Responsibility sub-dimension of the Ten-Item Personality Scale (p<.05) and no significant difference was detected in any sub-dimension of the Multidimensional Sportsmanship Orientation Scale (p>.05). As a result, it was determined that gender, age and sport type were effective on the personolatity traits and sportsmanship orientations of sports high school students. In addition, it was determined that the personality traits of sports high school students were at medium and high levels, their sportsmanship orientation levels were high, and there was a positive significant relationship between their personality traits and sportsmanship orientations.