Autoeficácia e performance em público: um estudo com estudantes de violão da EMUFRN

Abstract

The research is based on Social Cognitive Theory to investigate the self-efficacy beliefs of guitar students at the UFRN School of Music. The aim was to analyze the profile of the group based on variables (age, gender, family income, color/race, experience, daily study time and physical/psychological conditions) and to survey the general self-efficacy score and the four categories of self-efficacy sources (mastery experience, vicarious experience, social persuasions, emotional states). Data was then cross-checked in order to find correlations between the variables and the self-efficacy belief scores. Two typical student profiles were found from the cross-checking of data. The survey was carried out using a questionnaire and self-efficacy scale. Eighteen students regularly enrolled in the 2025.1 semester took part in the questionnaire, from the technical courses in guitar, bachelor's degree in guitar and bachelor's degree in music. The results showed that 1) There is a high score in the vicarious experience category for all student respondents; 2) There is an absence of female social role models within the group of participants and a low score in the vicarious experience category; 3) There is an absence of black social role models within the group of participants and a low score in the vicarious experience category; 4) There is a higher mastery experience score among younger students; 5) Students who reported more time spent studying daily have a higher self-efficacy score; 6) Two typical student profiles were found among the respondents; 7) The somatic and emotional states category has the lowest scores in all the tables analyzed.