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The objective of this research was to characterize students who select an undergraduate major in physical education, in terms of their perceived self-efficacy in academic performance, by comparing their profile with that of students who select another major. The total sample was 2,089 students with a median age of 18.23 years (standard deviation = 0.74): 902 females and 1,187 males newly enrolled in undergraduate majors offered at the Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. The research adopted a quantitative focus with a descriptive design, ex post-facto and transversal. The results obtained from comparing students in physical education with students in other disciplines show that the perceived self-efficacy in academic behaviors is very similar among all of the students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective of this research was to compare the profiles of perceived academic self-efficacy among male and female university students. The total sample was 2,089 individuals: 902 females and 1,187 males who were first-semester undergraduate students at Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, with an average age of 18.23 (DE= 0.74). The research had a quantitative focus that employed a descriptive survey. The differences found between men and women with respect to their perception of self-efficacy suggest that on designing any type of intervention that has the objective of improving perceived self-efficacy, the gender variable must be taken into account. Future research projects must replicate these findings in larger samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]