Abstract - The Effect of Self-efficacy on Active Coping Styles among Young Martial Arts Practitioners in Boarding Schools: The Transfer Effect of Positive Affect
Background. Based on psychological resilience theory and Bandura’s social cognitive theory, this study aimed to explore the influence of self-efficacy on active coping styles in a group of young martial arts practitioners and to investigate the indirect effect of positive effects.
Material and Methods. This study used self-efficacy, positive affect and active coping styles scale to investigate 403 young martial arts practitioners (M=13.66, SD=1.14); their mean years of martial arts exercise were 1.36 years (SD=1.33).
Results. The results revealed a positive relationship between self-efficacy, positive effect, and active coping styles among young martial arts practitioners, as well as the longer the duration of martial arts exercise and active coping styles. Self-efficacy indirectly influences active coping styles through the variable of positive effects. Self-efficacy indirectly influences active coping styles through the variable of positive effects.
Conclusions. This study revealed the influence of self-efficacy on active coping styles among young martial arts practitioners by positive effect. Therefore, it is recommended that school education should actively provide martial arts courses to enhance young people’s ‘ self-efficacy and for them to acquire positive affect, thereby improving their active coping styles.