Investigation Relationship between fear of success and self- Efficacy among Professional Athletes martial arts

Background: The aim of this research is investigation the relation between self-efficacy and fear of success among martial arts athletes. Materials and Methods: In order to clarify this, we picked 155 random samples of professional athletes, (SD = 8.35, x = 18.5) who has at least three years of experience in sports. They voluntarily filled in athlete s self-efficacy assessment questionnaires (Bandura, 2000) Cronbach’s Alpha 0.81, and for athletes’ fear of success assessment questionnaires (Metzler & Conroy 2004) Cronbach’s Alpha 0.83 were used to determine the reliability coefficient. Results: The results indicated that there is a direct significant relation between vicarious experiences and athletes’ fear of success, and there is a significant reverse relation between physiological emotional situation and fear of success as well (p> 0.05). Conclusion: Also findings show that there is not any significant relation between success in fulfilling functions and athletes’ fear of success (p<0.05). The general results indicate that there is a significant reverse relation between the rate of self-efficacy in athletes and fear of success (p> 0.05).

کلیدواژه ها:

Self – efficacy ، fear of success ، athletes