Ninth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society

Abstract

The aim of the present research is to examine the relationship between the self-efficacy and imagery ability with the performance of elite table tennis players. The statistical population included 57 elite table tennis players under the age of 21 years who managed to attend the national final tournament of single player to determine the rank of players from 1 to 32. Thirty two of these players were randomly selected through the accessible sampling method. The research was a descriptive-correlational method by which Bandura Personal Self-Efficacy (PSE) questionnaire was used as the tools for measuring data. Gold and Weisberg questionnaire was employed to measure internal-external mental imagery ability. Data analysis was performed by using SPSS: 18.0. Descriptive statistics as well as Spearman correlation coefficient was used (α=0.05) to test the association between the self-efficacy and internal-external mental imagery ability and performance. The result of analysis indicated that there was a significant association between the external mental-imagery ability and performance (P, 0<05), but no such relationship between the internal mental-imagery ability and performance (P, 0>05). It was concluded that self-efficacy is a good predictor of performance in competition.