Motivação, autoestima e perfil socioeconômico dos praticantes de Sanda do Vale do São Francisco

Introducao : A autodeterminacao tem sido apontada como um importante construtor de bem-estar, autoestima e competencia. A Teoria da Autodeterminacao (TAD) mostra a importância do desenvolvimento da autodeterminacao para a melhora dos niveis de competencia, desempenho e empenho em atletas e praticantes de exercicio fisico. Objetivo : O presente estudo teve como objetivo investigar a relacao entre as regulacoes de motivacao, a autoestima e o perfil socioeconomico de praticantes de Sanda do Vale do Sao Francisco. Metodos : Foram selecionados para participar do estudo todos os praticantes dos Centros de Treinamento de Petrolina (PE) e Juazeiro (BA), totalizando 48 individuos. Como instrumentos foram utilizados o Questionario de Regulacao de Conduta no Exercicio (BREQ-2), a Escala de Autoestima de Rosenberg e o Questionario da Associacao Brasileira de Empresas de Pesquisa (ABEP). Para a analise dos dados, foram utilizados os testes de Kolmogorov-Smirnov, “U” de Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis e correlacao de Spearman. A significância adotada foi de p Resultados : Os resultados evidenciaram que nao houve diferenca significativa (p>0,05) na motivacao e autoestima dos praticantes de Sanda em funcao sexo, estado civil, tempo de pratica e nivel socioeconomico. Foram encontradas as seguintes correlacoes significativas (p Conclusao : Concluiu-se que o sexo, o estado civil, o tempo de pratica e o nivel socioeconomico nao sao fatores intervenientes na motivacao e autoestima de adultos praticantes de Sanda. Ressalta-se que foi encontrada uma relacao diretamente proporcional entre o nivel socioeconomico e a autoestima dos sujeitos e uma relacao inversamente proporcional entre o nivel socioeconomico e a desmotivacao, indicando que quanto maior o poder aquisitivo, maior a autoestima e menor a desmotivacao para a pratica de exercicio. ABSTRACT. Motivation, self-esteem and socioeconomic profile of Sanda practitioners from Vale do Sao Francisco (Brasil) . Background : Self-determination has been pointed as an important builder of well-being, self-esteem and competence. The Self-Determination Theory (SDT) shows the importance of developing self-determination to improve levels of competence, performance and commitment in athletes and physical exercise practitioners. Objective : The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between motivation regulations, self-esteem and socioeconomic profile of Sanda practitioners from the Sao Francisco Valley. Methods : All practitioners of the Petrolina (PE) and Juazeiro (BA). Training Centers were selected to participate in the study, totaling 48 individuals. The instruments used were the Exercise Conduct Regulation Questionnaire (BREQ-2), the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Questionnaire from the Brazilian Association of Research Companies (ABEP). For data analysis, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Mann-Whitney “U”, Kruskal-Wallis and Spearman correlation tests were used. The significance adopted was p Results : The results showed that there was no significant difference (p>0.05) in the motivation and self-esteem of Sanda practitioners according to gender, marital status, length of practice and socioeconomic status. The following significant correlations were found (p Conclusion : It was concluded that gender, marital status, length of practice and socioeconomic status are not intervening factors in the motivation and self-esteem of adult Sanda practitioners. It is noteworthy that a directly proportional relationship was found between the socioeconomic level and self-esteem of the subjects and an inversely proportional relationship between the socioeconomic level and demotivation, indicating that the higher the purchasing power, the higher the self-esteem and the lower the demotivation to practice of exercise.