Self-efficacy, Achievement motivation and Anxietyof Elite Athletes

Mouloud, Kenioua; El-Kadder, Boumasjed Abd

doi:10.9790/6737-03044548

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“…This profile would involve high levels of factor 1 variable (performance enhancing variables; motivation, mood, rest, concentration, selfconfidence and team cohesion); together with low levels of factor 2 variables (performance limiting variables: cognitive anxiety, stress and general arousal). These results would be in line with those described by Mouloud and El-Kadder (2016), who after conducting a bibliographic review in relation to the psychological characteristics of elite athletes, found that performance was enhanced when athletes present high levels of self-efficacy (selfconfidence) and motivation, and low levels of cognitive anxiety.…”

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confidence: 91%

Psychometric Properties of the Psychological State Test for Athletes (TEP)

2020

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This study has two objectives: to validate an adapted online version of the Psychological State Test (TEP, in its Spanish acronym); and to assess differences in pre-competitive psychological state profiles between amateur and professional athletes in team sports. The TEP questionnaire is an instrument which is used to assess, in a quick and simple fashion, the psychological state of athletes prior to competing. Its psychometric properties were evaluated by means of an analysis of internal consistency, an Exploratory Factor Analysis and a Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The EFA's results showed a factorial structure consisting of two principal factors and reliability coefficients, both globally and at the factor level, which can be considered acceptable (global α = 0.81; Factor 1 α = 0.85; and Factor 2 α = 0.73). The CFA confirmed the model proposed by the EFA so that the items were distributed around these factors, giving rise to one factor which includes variables that have a positive relationship with performance, and another with variables that negatively affect performance. Meanwhile, regarding the difference between the pre-competitive psychological state of amateurs and professionals, professional athletes presented higher levels of Motivation (p = 0.5 and d = −0.23). It is concluded that the TEP is a suitable tool for the evaluation of pre-competitive psychological states. However, in future research, this study should be complemented by analyzing the TEP's predictive validity in terms of the performance of athletes and/or teams, as well as its use as a tool available to athletes and coaches.

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Section: Confirmatory Factor Analysis (Cfa)supporting

confidence: 91%

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2020

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“…Our ambiguous findings regarding the negative prediction from somatic trait anxiety on somatic state anxiety are surprising and somewhat contradict the theoretical competitive anxiety trait‐state relationship, as low trait concentration disruption performers perceive state responses as more facilitating than their high trait counterparts 13 . The relationship between trait and state anxiety is not always straightforward as state anxiety is also influenced by the situation 31 . However, our cross‐sectional design combined with our relatively small sample size might also be an explanation for this.…”

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“…13 The relationship between trait and state anxiety is not always straightforward as state anxiety is also influenced by the situation. 31 However, our cross-sectional design combined with our relatively small sample size might also be an explanation for this. However, our findings contribute nevertheless to the limited number of studies in elite female football, underlining that worry trait anxiety has a positive significant prediction on somatic state anxiety.…”

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Can psychological characteristics, football experience, and player status predict state anxiety before important matches in Danish elite‐level female football players?

Madsen

Hansen

Thomsen

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Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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Funding informationDanish FA (DBU) Elite football can make players feel nervous, and personality characteristics, as well as experience, affect how well pressure is handled before important games.Studying the psychological characteristics of female football players can provide information on how well psychological pressure is handled and generate knowledge on how to support players in order to improve performance. Based on a sample of 128 female elite football players from 8 top-level teams, the present study investigates whether psychological characteristics and football experience/player stus in elite female football players can predict state anxiety before important matches. Our results outline that high age and national team experience negatively predicted most of the trait anxiety subscales. In line with previous research, no psychological differences were found between goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and strikers while starting players revealed to have significantly lower trait anxiety. When measuring before important matches, we found that somatic state anxiety was negatively associated with senior national team experience and positively associated with worry trait anxiety and fear of failure. Cognitive state anxiety was negatively associated with hope for success and positively associated with somatic and worry trait anxiety.Self-confidence was positively associated with youth national team experience and negatively associated with worry trait anxiety. It can be concluded that psychological characteristics and national team experience are both important for optimal state anxiety before important matches in elite-level women's football. Implications for practice and future research are discussed.

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“…The presented results correspond with other studies, where participants express higher GES scores, while also being less mentally devastated after failures, which in turn, could correspond with the long-term practice fortitude. Such a mental attitude of ignoring failure, or the ability to withstand certain mental pressure connected with failure, is connected with a higher selfefficacy level or the winner-type personality [26]. Belief in one's own performance could be one of the indicators for the sense of self-esteem.…”

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Perception of Self-Efficacy and Health-Related Behavior in Context of Taekwon-Do Sport Camps

2021

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Background: The aim of this paper is to expand the knowledge on the subject matter of the relations between behavior that is geared towards health and the feeling of effectiveness in the context of martial arts tourism in the form of Taekwon-do training summer camps. Method: The research encompassed 58 people (32 men and 26 women) who train Taekwon-do (ITF) (aged: 26.36 ± 8.97; scope: 18–45 years of age). The measurement of the feeling of effectiveness and healthy behavior was conducted by means of standardized tools, including the General Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: The analyzed fighters who participated in the research in the majority of the sports meetings declared a higher level of the feeling of effectiveness (p < 0.001). Through cluster analysis emerged two groups, with a significant difference between self-efficacy (mean value of 20.05 points in contrast to 33.93 points in the second group). The group with higher psychological indices values attended a higher amount of summer camps during their practice history (at least two camps attended in the second cluster). Conclusion: Sports tourism connected with martial arts, as exemplified by training groups (professionally organized training camps) of Taekwon-do (ITF), is connected with the increased feeling of personal effectiveness, while also serving the enhancement of psycho-physical health, well-being, and the development of social skills.

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Self-efficacy, Achievement motivation and Anxietyof Elite Athletes

Cited by 9 publications

References 20 publications

Psychometric Properties of the Psychological State Test for Athletes (TEP)

Psychometric Properties of the Psychological State Test for Athletes (TEP)

Can psychological characteristics, football experience, and player status predict state anxiety before important matches in Danish elite‐level female football players?

Perception of Self-Efficacy and Health-Related Behavior in Context of Taekwon-Do Sport Camps

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