Self-Efficacy and the Digit Ratio in a Group of Sports University Students
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Published:2023-07-13
Issue:3
Volume:8
Page:97
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ISSN:2411-5142
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Container-title:Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology
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language:en
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Short-container-title:JFMK
Author:
Massimino Simona1ORCID, Rinella Sergio2ORCID, Guerrera Claudia Savia2ORCID, Di Corrado Donatella3ORCID, Astuto Romina2, Sorbello Alessia3, Reina Francesca2, Perciavalle Vincenzo4, Buscemi Andrea5, Coco Marinella2ORCID
Affiliation:
1. Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Physiology, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy 2. Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95100 Catania, Italy 3. Department of Sport Sciences, Kore University, 94100 Enna, Italy 4. Faculty of Medicine, Kore University, 94100 Enna, Italy 5. Study Center of Italian Osteopathy and Horus Social Cooperative, 95100 Catania, Italy
Abstract
Self-efficacy is one’s awareness of being able to cope optimally with different situations. Perceived self-efficacy is a belief that closely involves emotional and personological functioning. In fact, when one perceives oneself as capable, the likelihood of success increases significantly. The aim of this research was to verify a possible correlation between self-efficacy and the Digit Ratio (2D:4D), referred to as prenatal androgen levels, and whether these correlate with some psychological variables, considering possible gender differences. This study involved 56 sports university students, whose 2D:4D ratio was calculated. Moreover, self-assessment questionnaires: the Self-efficacy Scale (SES), the Big Five Questionnaire-2 (BFQ-2), the Profile of Mood State (POMS), the State–Trait Anxiety Inventory Form Y (STAI-Y) and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) were administered. The data show that the perceived levels of self-efficacy seem to be influenced by an innate predisposition linked to prenatal androgen values to which the subjects were exposed during uterine life (2D:4D). This negative correlation indicates that the higher the value of the digit ratio, the more likely it is that the level of perceived self-efficacy will be lower. Finally, the degree of perceived self-efficacy also seems to depend on the levels of subjective anxiety, understood both as a personological disposition and a contingent condition, and the latter also seems to be influenced by prenatal androgen levels, particularly in women.
Subject
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine,Histology,Rheumatology,Anatomy
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