Examination of self-efficacy of volleyball referees in terms of ego and task orientations

2. SUMMARY Objective: The aim of this research is to investigate whether the relationship between ego and task orientation and self-efficacy of volleyball referees has changed according to their demographic characteristics. Materials and Methods: The study group consisted of 279 volleyball referees who were active in İzmir, Kayseri, Denizli, Aydın, Ankara, İstanbul and Isparta during 2017-2018 season. Sporda ego and task orientation scales and the referee self-efficacy scale and the socio-demographic data form were used as data collection tools. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and t-test (t-test) for unconnected groups were included in the evaluation of the data. In the analysis of variance, the Tukey-B multiple comparison test was applied for differences between the groups. Findings: It has been found that physical competence, gaming knowledge, decision making, printing, communication, HÖYÖ total score and task orientation subscales each have a significant relationship with each other, and with ego orientation subscale and only task orientation subscale. The sub-dimension of physical competence and decision making sub-dimension according to gender groups, decision making sub-dimension of age (F (4,261) = 3,660, p <0,05) and Experience (F (5,258) = 3,295, p <0,05) The ego orientation subdimension of city groups (F (6,267) = 3,912, p <0,05) and ego orientation subdimension (F (3,267) = 6,190; p <0,05), there was no statistically significant difference between the mean scores of the subscales of the occupational groups. Conclusion: As a result of the research, it has been found that volleyball referees have a meaningful relationship between ego and task orientation and self-efficacy, and there are differences between gender, age, experience, city and classroom variables.