Research Article
Lamia MIRHEIDARI, Amir GHIAMI
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of personality traits and motivation factors on the rate of volunteer’s athletic participation in The University of country. In this study population were students that were active in different sport fields in Islamic Azad University thirteenth region. 429 subjects were selected by simple random sampling way. SMS-6 questionnaire, NEO questioner and questioner made by researcher were used for gathering information about voluntarily rate and individual profiles. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for analyzing data. A significant correlation between voluntarily rate factor and motivation factors such as internal control, external control and internal motivators was observed. Also, there was a significant correlation between voluntarily rate factor and personality traits factors such as extroversion and conscience.