The Comparison of Facets 0f Athlete's Satisfaction

Athlete's Satisfaction accounts for an important portion of the process and outcome of individual’s participation in championship sport. Among 420 national athletes of Mazandaran province (playing in the 2007 league) 201 were selected that 176 of them completed the Athletes Satisfaction Questionnaire (ASQ). The questionnaire included 56 five valued Likert questions (from 5 to 1 in order, very important to very little important). This instrument assessed 15 satisfaction variables or factors related to team process and outcomes in three dimensions of individual, social and task. The internal consistency of the questionnaire was estimated by coefficient of alpha Cronbach in different dimensions between 78% - 95%. The data were analyzed by U man – Whitney, kroscal Wallis and Pierson correlation tests in significant level of P≤0.05. The results of the study indicated that the following facets in order were the major satisfactory factors among the athletes; satisfaction from coach's behavior, individual Participation in team, team strategy, individual performance, team morality, team cohesion, coach's instruction, Satisfactionfrom medical personnel and team budgets were located in the last hierarchy. Female's satisfaction in all satisfaction dimensions were higher than male and athletes of the team sports in all satisfaction dimensions were higher than individual teams. But, the hierarchy of some satisfaction dimensions between these groups were significant. In generally, individual and team processes had a higher priority than team outcomes on athlete's satisfaction.