Effect of Self-Efficacy on the Performance of Athletes

Athlete is an excellent portrayal of the complex interaction between the mind and the body that interest sports psychologists from time to time. Research in the field of psychological traits like self efficacy in athletes are of vital significance to get the information needed by the Sports trainer and coaches who are loaded with the responsibility for selection, counseling and also training of athletes for the competition. Thus the purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of the psychological trait self-efficacy on the sports performance of the male and female athletes in the age group of 13 to 19 yrs from the schools of Punjab and Chandigarh. The subjects comprised of 200 athletes from the disciplines of Cricket, Kho-Kho, Volleyball, Softball and Athletics. Out of them 100 belonged to Inter-School level and 100 to School National level. The data was collected using Self-efficacy Questionnaire developed by Bandura (1977). The results were drawn using 2x2 ANOVA which showed that School National Level athletes were significantly better on perceived physical ability and self-efficacy than the School District Level athletes.

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Self Efficacy ； Sports Performance ； Perceived Physical Ability ； Athletes ； School Level ； District Level

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