Teschner, Birk (2025) Examining Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Self-Rated Performance in Elite Athletes: Competition versus Training. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Self-efficacy has become established as key psychological variable in the sports and performance literature throughout the last two decades. The present thesis aims to assess the effect of youth elite athletes’ self-efficacy beliefs on their perceived performance. The study draws a distinction between match day and training contexts in order to assess the dynamic interplay between internal psychological processes and external stressors introduced by competition conditions. The sample consisted of 50 male youth soccer players from a first-division Dutch football club. Participants completed daily single-item ecological momentary assessments of self-efficacy (pre-session) and perceived performance (post-session) on training and match days across two competitive seasons. A hierarchical linear regression analysis was conducted. Self-efficacy was identified as a positive predictor across both contexts, however the effect was diminished in match day conditions. This confirmed our hypothesis that the self-efficacy to performance relationship would be weaker on match days. The explained variance of the model was quite low, pointing to the presence of further factors influencing the athletes’ perception of their performance. Implications of this study include a shift towards more individual centered future research, as well as interventions for developing resilience against external stressors induced by competition.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Neumann, N.D. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2025 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2025 09:29 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4824 |
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