Impact of age, practice time, time on the team and gender on self-efficacy of volleyball athletes
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v69.113299Keywords:
Athletes, competition, self-efficacy, sport, volleyballAbstract
Introduction: Self-efficacy, considered as an individual's belief in their ability to achieve, is essential for sports success and can be influenced by various variables. However, it is not known how young volleyball athletes from Bahia self-assess.
Objective: Evaluate self-efficacy in U-16 athletes from Bahia and examine whether gender, age, practice time, and time on the team impact the athletes' self-efficacy.
Methodology: The study involved 72 athletes of both genders, with an average age of 15 ± 1.51 years, practice time of 27.2 ± 24.04 months, and time on the team of 15.31 ± 13.12 months. The VSES-B was used to assess self-efficacy.
Results: Indicated differences in the "Technical-Tactical Skills and Conditioning (DM1)" dimension. Item 14 showed a difference in self-efficacy for both genders. For boys, a weak positive correlation was found in Item 12 and a correlation between DM1 and practice time. For girls, a correlation was found between DM1 and age. Additionally, in DM1, a correlation was found between age and Items 4, 12, and 13, as well as between Global Self-Efficacy and age. For all athletes in general, a weak negative correlation was found in DM1 for Item 11 and age. A weak negative correlation was also found between Item 14 and gender.
Discussion: Self-efficacy values in youth athletes were similar to those found in the VSES-B validation study.
Conclusion: It is concluded that gender, age, and practice time are factors that can impact the sports self-efficacy of young volleyball athletes from Bahia.
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