The explanatory capacity of self-efficacy on achievement has made it one of the main psychological constructs on the field of educational research. Perceptions of self-efficacy become more relevant, if possible, in musical education whose purpose is professional practice and in the end public performance. Music performance anxiety, for its part, has been studied in numerous investigations, finding itself responsible for academic failure and even dropping out the musical career. Both constructs are related and influence the attainment of achievement. This study reveals the relationship between these two constructs, obtaining inversely proportional correlations between the factors musical self-efficacy for performing and vulnerability and stage anxiety cognitions of music performance anxiety; delving into the knowledge of both constructs are also observed differences according to sex. The results obtained provide the necessary evidence to deepen the knowledge of the variables that lead to musical achievement.
Keywords:Music education, self-efficacy, music performance anxiety, musical success
ResumenLa capacidad explicativa de la autoeficacia sobre el logro le ha permitido convertirse en uno de los constructos psicológicos principales en el campo de la investigación educativa. Las percepciones de autoeficacia se tornan más relevantes, si cabe, en las enseñanzas musicales cuyo fin es el ejercicio profesional y en definitiva la interpretación en público. Por su parte, la ansiedad escénica ha sido objeto de estudio en numerosas investigaciones, encontrándose como responsable del fracaso académico e incluso del abandono de la carrera musical. Ambos constructos están relacionados e