Competitive behavior and its relationship to the perceived self-efficacy of students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences

Abstract

The research aimed to know the competitive behavior and perceived self-efficacy of students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. The relationship of competitive behavior to the perceived self-efficacy of students in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences. To achieve the objectives of the research, the research population was determined by the students of the fourth stage in the College of Physical Education and Sports Sciences at the University of Babylon, who were (176) students, and (20) students were selected randomly, i.e. a percentage of (11.36%), and after proving the psychometric properties (validity and reliability). For the two research scales to measure both competitive behavior and perceived self-efficacy, they were adopted and applied to the research sample.