Auto eficácia e performance de atletas de karate-do tradicional em períodos competitivos

Abstract

The concept of self-efficacy concerns to one’s belief about their own abilities, which can influence one’s behavior in a variety of activities, as well as sports performance. The philosophy of karate-do has fundamentals that encourage self-knowledge, and it can be observed that martial art’s philosophy is an important part for mental development. The objective of this research was to analyze the self-efficacy behaviors of the traditional Karate-do modality in competitive periods, and if these behaviors interfere in the results of the competitions. Sixty Karate athletes, thirtyseven men and twenty-three women, responded to the Perceived General SelfEfficacy Scale and had their competition performance data collected through public data generated by the International Karate Federation -do Traditional, to verify the relationship between the self-efficacy coefficient and the classification in the competition. The data were complied with Spearman’s correlational inferential statistical strategy, which found the correlation coefficients of r = 0.17 in male athletes and r = -0.11 in female athletes. The results found differ from those found in the literature, requiring future studies involving the variables of this research.