Samiei Soheil, Tojari Farshad and Khodadad Shole
A combination of sport motivation and enjoyment was the first reason for commencing and continuing sport participation. On the other side, being not fun the sports programs is considered as a resignation reason for youth from them. According to Bandura’s theory, self-efficacy perception is believe on self abilities which are required for organizing and accomplishing a series of works in order to moving toward the goals. On the other hand, by the necessity of enjoyment from physical activities especially in junior and young athletes and also by referring to Bandura’s theory, the present research aimed to survey students’ self-efficacy and enjoyment from physical activities. 225 athlete students with the mean age of 12.56(0.76) were selected as the research statistical sample, additionally; ANOVA was used for measuring differences between students’ self-efficacy and enjoyment. Tukey test was used for means differences places. Independent (t) test was used for measuring the variables differences between men and women. For analyzing data the SPSS was applied on 95% of confidence level. Regarding lack of significant relationship between athletes’ age and enjoyment and also sportive background and enjoyment, it can be concluded that the present demographics do not explain the extent of students’ enjoyment and self-efficacy in physical education curriculum. As the participants’ gender was a limitation in the present study, researchers should consider both genders (male and female) for future studies.
