Nível de resiliência em atletas universitários praticantes de modalidades esportivas coletivas

Abstract

Resilience in athletes can be understood as the ability to evaluate and face stress-generating situationspresent in the sporting environment. That said, this research sought to analyze the levels of resilience of athletes from the different collective sports modalities that represent the UFC in sports competitions and compare resilience between gender, sport practiced and time spent practicing sports. 71 university athletes of both genders participated in this study, practicing the collective sports Handball, Futsal/Football, Basketball and Volleyball, with an average age 21,73 ± 2,49. As a data collection instrument, the Sports Resilience Scale was used validated by Bicalho, Melo e Noce (2021), containing 15 items structured in a summative Likert scale, divided into five dimensions: Sports experience, Family support, Resources and social competence, Spirituality and Social Support. They could be answered from 1 (absolutely do not agree) to 5 (absolutely agree). The data obtained received statistical treatment by SPSS 25.0, analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The results indicated levels of resilience with an average 10,47± 2,00, being classified as Low. A significant difference was observed between the genders, with female athletes having a lower level of resilience than male athletes. Between the modalities, age group and time of practice there was no significant difference. In view of this, it is recommended to promote increased resilience levels in UFC university athletes, especially female athletes.