The study of self esteem among volunteer and non volunteer in sport

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this research was the study of self esteem among volunteer and non volunteer in sport. The method of research was descriptive and we used field method for collecting questionnaire. The statistical populations of this research were volunteer and non volunteer students in sport associations of Iran Universities which were selected based on cluster sampling method, 252 persons (120 volunteer and 132 non volunteer) from 10 universities as statistical sample of research. Cooper Smith Questionnaire was used for collecting self esteem data. This questionnaire includes family, social, educational and general self esteem factors. The content and face validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by a group of sport management professors. In order to calculate the reliability of self esteem questionnaire was used from test-retest method and its reliability was obtained. For comparison of self esteem different dimensions between volunteers and non volunteers was used from Mann Whitney U test and comparison of self esteem was used from independent t test. The results of this research indicated that there is significant difference between self esteem and educational self esteem of volunteer and non volunteers in ? < 0.01 level and between general, family and social self esteem of volunteer and non volunteers in ? < 0.05 level. From between self esteem dimension, the average of family self esteem of volunteers and non volunteers ranged 0.76±0.21 and 0.7±0.22 were higher than other dimensions. From results of research can use for more attracting of students to volunteering ; since high self esteem can be reason of self- belief and advancement in all of life dimensions and this research has been indicated that this item in volunteers is more than non volunteers.