Perception of Self-Efficacy and Health-Related Behavior in Context of Taekwon-Do Sport Camps

Dorota Ortenburger, Jacek Wąsik and Dariusz Mosler
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Dorota Ortenburger: Department of Kinesiology and Health Prevention, Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland
Jacek Wąsik: Department of Kinesiology and Health Prevention, Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland
Dariusz Mosler: Department of Kinesiology and Health Prevention, Jan Dlugosz University of Czestochowa, 42-200 Częstochowa, Poland

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-9

Abstract: Background: The aim of this paper is to expand the knowledge on the subject matter of the relations between behavior that is geared towards health and the feeling of effectiveness in the context of martial arts tourism in the form of Taekwon-do training summer camps. Method: The research encompassed 58 people (32 men and 26 women) who train Taekwon-do (ITF) (aged: 26.36 ± 8.97; scope: 18–45 years of age). The measurement of the feeling of effectiveness and healthy behavior was conducted by means of standardized tools, including the General Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: The analyzed fighters who participated in the research in the majority of the sports meetings declared a higher level of the feeling of effectiveness ( p < 0.001). Through cluster analysis emerged two groups, with a significant difference between self-efficacy (mean value of 20.05 points in contrast to 33.93 points in the second group). The group with higher psychological indices values attended a higher amount of summer camps during their practice history (at least two camps attended in the second cluster). Conclusion: Sports tourism connected with martial arts, as exemplified by training groups (professionally organized training camps) of Taekwon-do (ITF), is connected with the increased feeling of personal effectiveness, while also serving the enhancement of psycho-physical health, well-being, and the development of social skills.

Keywords: self-efficacy; health-related behavior; Taekwon-do; sport camps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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