The Structural Relationships of Coaching Efficacy, Player's Self-efficacy, and Collective Efficacy in Female Professional Basketball Teams

The purpose of this study was to determine the structural relationships of coaching efficacy, player's self-efficacy, and collective efficacy in female professional basketball teams. To this aim, 128 individuals (12 head coaches and 116 players) from members of female basketball professional teams were completed coaching efficacy scale, self-efficacy scale, and collective efficacy questionnaire for sport, and collected data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling at 95% confidence level. The results demonstrated that direct effects of coaching efficacy on players’ self-efficacy and collective efficacy are not statistically significant, and players’ self-efficacy has a direct and negative effect on collective efficacy. Based on the results, the conceptual model of coaching efficacy is not supported by collected data from female professional basketball teams. To revise and extend this conceptual model, the possibility of existence of mediating variables in relationship of coaching efficacy with team variables is discussed.