Relationship between age, category and experience with the soccer referee's self-efficacy.

ABSTRACT: Soccer referees (SRs) encounter stressful situations during competitions and sometimes even outside them, which may affect their decision making. Therefore, it is important that they possess or acquire optimal levels of self-efficacy, since it is related to less stress during competition, also guaranteeing sports performance and prevent sports abandonment. The objectives of this study were to characterize the profile, in terms of self-efficacy, of SRs depending on their category, age, and experience and to determine the relationship of these factors on SR self-efficacy. Two-hundred fifty-six Spanish referees participated in this study and Referee Self-Efficacy Scale was administered and completed. The results indicated that the SRs older than 25 years, of national category, and with experi

SUBMITTER: Lopez Aguilar J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8199919 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature