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This paper analyzes the effects of technical skills, i.e., information and communications technology (ICT) skills, in adopting e-learning systems in sports psychology using the Madrasati platform (MP) during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia. In this regard, Web-based questionnaire survey responses on the Madrasati forum are investigated. Statistical significance was established using IBM SPSS Statistics (SPSS) software with a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.607 and a p-value of less than 0.05. The study concluded that during the COVID-19 pandemic, by a shift to e-learning and distance education in sports psychology, 62.7% of students had improved ICT skills compared to their email skills. Furthermore, using the Madrasati platform for e-learning did not require a detailed course explanation, with 48.4% of students with high skill levels also in agreement. Finally, a demographic comparison of students' ICT skills with students' characteristics showed that with students using the Madrasati platform, the students' ICT skills were highly improved. Reliability statistics of the research hypothesis showed a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.607 and a Cronbach's alpha value based on the standardized item of 0.552, indicating quite a high level of internal consistency for our scale with this specific sample. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Creative self-beliefs, such as creative self-efficacy, predict creative activity and achievement. Still little is known, however, about the factors that shape such self-beliefs. Drawing on Bandura's sociocognitive theory, this longitudinal study tests the role of teachers' expectations on students' domain-specific creative self-efficacy. Teachers' ratings of students' creativity were substantially related to students' creative self-perception a semester later and this effect was significantly stronger among female than male students. We discuss these findings in terms of the accuracy of teachers' beliefs and the consequences of their influence on students' creative self-perception. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]