Key result
Female youth national team volleyball players demonstrated a significantly greater focus on a healthy lifestyle (p<0.001) but lower self-efficacy (p=0.045) compared to male players of the same age.
Why the study?
The study was conducted to investigate the resilience of youth high-level volleyball players.
Cross-Sectional (n=48)
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Female U16 national team volleyball players focus more on a healthy lifestyle but have lower self-efficacy compared to their male counterparts.
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May warrant self-efficacy interventions for female youth volleyball players; leaves open effects on adherence and performance.
The objective of this study was to investigate the resilience of youth high level volleyball players. Forty-eight volleyball national team players U16 from Greece and Romania participated to the study (18 females and 30 males). The Self Evaluation Resilience test was used for the study. The data were analyzed with SPSS 21.0 using one-way ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni adjustment test. Results showed statistically significant differences between the males and females national team volleyball players in variables ‘‘healthy lifestyle’’ and ‘‘self-efficacy’’. It was concluded that coaches and volleyball players should recognize that female’s volleyball players focused more in healthy life style and having less self-efficacy comparing to same aged male’s volleyball players.
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Πατσιαούρας et al. (2020) conducted a cross-sectional in Youth high level volleyball players (n=48). Female gender vs. Male gender was evaluated on Resilience scores (healthy lifestyle and self-efficacy) (p=<0.001). Female youth national team volleyball players demonstrated a significantly greater focus on a healthy lifestyle (p<0.001) but lower self-efficacy (p=0.045) compared to male players of the same age.
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