Relação entre orientação de metas, controle emocional e autoconfiança em atletas de Jiu Jitsu em situações de competição

Abstract

The study associates goal orientation with emotional control and self-confidence in Jiu Jitsu athletes in competitive situations, with the aim of pointing out the predominance of this orientation, and to understand how its correlation with psychological abilities occurs. The sample consisted of 115 Jiu Jitsu athletes competing in the 11th Edition of the Jiu Jitsu Northeast Open (NEOJJ). The questionnaires of 106 athletes were used in the research, due to inclusion and exclusion criteria. The instruments used, Perception of Success in Sports Questionnaire (POSQ), Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-25BR (ACSI-25BR) and State Competitive Anxiety Inventory (CSAI-2) were applied 30 minutes before the athlete's first competition. The collected data was tabulated in an IBM SPSS Statistics version 24.0 program worksheet. For the descriptive statistical analysis, we used mean, standard deviation, maximum and minimum values and frequency, and for reliability of the scales, we analyzed the alpha value of Cronbach. The correlation analysis was performed using Pearson's r coefficient, in order to identify possible relationships between the variables. From these results, a structural model was conceived to understand the predictive abilities of the variables related to the task orientation on self-confidence and Coping abilities, analyzed through SEM (structural equation modeling) using the AMOS 24.0 program. There was a strong relationship between task orientation and ego orientation, somatic anxiety with cognitive anxiety, increased somatic anxiety with decreased self-confidence, and confirmation of the structural model, which shows task orientation as a predictor of self-confidence and coping skills.