To Investigate Self-Efficacy Level of Sports and Non-Sports Students: (A Case Study on LCWU Students)

Abstract

This study examined the association between self-efficacy, sports participation, and academic achievement among university level female students. Self-efficacy has been linked to both sports participation and academic achievement, but no study has examined all three variables together. A total number of 56 female students participated in the study and the age range was 20-23 years. There were 26 female students from the athlete's group and 26 female students were non-athletes. Their demographic information was collected followed by getting their rating of academic achievement by their teachers on a 10 point rating scale. The General Self-Efficacy scale was used to evaluate the level of self-belief of female athletes and non-athletes to deal with different difficult situations in life. Data were analyzed using SPSS (20.0). Other than descriptive statistics, One-Way ANOVA was performed to assess differences between students’ scores on self- efficacy. t-test was used to compare the means of self-efficacy of female athletes and non-athletes. Independent sample t-test indicated mean differences in self-efficacy (Mean=39.20) for athletes and (Mean=37.40) for non-athletes. Similarly, mean differences in education scores were also observed (Mean=33.66) for athletes and (Mean=37.40) for non-athletes. Results of ANOVA indicated a significant difference between an athlete and non-athlete students on self-efficacy (p<0.05). A positive relationship between self-efficacy and sports performance of athletes was observed at the 0.01 level and a negative relationship between academic achievement and sports performance was observed in the case of non-athlete students. Based on the findings, it was concluded that sports participation increases self-efficacy and the confidence level of female student-athletes.