LA AUTOCONFIANZA EN EL DEPORTE EN EDAD ESCOLAR

Abstract

This study analyses self-confidence state in sport in school age regarding gender, type of sport and age. The sample size is 816 people (50.3% males and 49.7% females) between the ages of 12 and 18 who practise different individual and collective sports in the Spanish region of Castilla-La Mancha. The given questionnaire is called "Psychological Characteristics related to Sporting Performance" (CPRD). The results have found statistically significant differences in relation to gender, due to men show a higher self-confidence level; also in relation to the sports modality, because in Judo and Football there are higher self-confidence levels compared to other analysed sports including Voleyball. Moreover in relation to the type of sport, sportsmen/women who practise individual sports show a higher self-confidence level compared to sportsmen/women who practise team sports. The results have not found statistically significant differences in relation to age.