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moments before or immediately after the training and competitions of each modality, as previously agreed with the technician responsible for each team. At that moment, the athletes answered the instruments individually and had the help of the researchers to solve any doubts that arose when filling out the instruments. e) Statistical Analysis For data analysis, an electronic spreadsheet was first created in Microsoft Excel program to categorize the variables: gender (female, male); type of school (private, public); school shift (morning, afternoon); teaching stage (Elementary School, High School); sports modalities (collective, individual); sports training shift (morning, afternoon); and level of disputed competitions (regional and/or state, national and/or international), considering the response made by the athletes. As for the stage of sports development (13 to 15 years - sports specialization and +16 years - sports investment), a grouping was carried out based on the age of the athletes, according to the Developmental Model of Sport Participation (DMSP), suggested by Côté, Baker and Abernethy (2003). Regarding the level of influence of personal engagement and support from family members, coaches, and teammates in the sport and in the study (negative, indifferent, positive), the EIPE weighting calculations were used to transform and classify the scores (<114 – negative, between 115 and 180 – indifferent, >181 – positive). After categorizing the data, descriptive statistical resources (simple frequency and percentage) were used with the help of online MedCalc to analyze the characteristics and perception of personal engagement and influences of social agents from the student-athletes. III. R esults The analysis of the characteristics of the 396 athletes from teams linked to the FME in Florianopolis showed homogeneity in the distribution of students from public and private schools, as well as a predominance of male athletes, in the sports specialization stage, practitioners of collective sports and with experience sport at the regional and/or state level. In addition, it was revealed that most study in the morning shift and in Elementary School (Table 1). Table 1: Characterization of student-athletes participating in the study. Variables Categories Total (n%) p Gender Female 123 (31,1) <0,001 Male 273 (68,9) Development stage Specialization (13 to 15 years) 237 (59,8) 0,001 Investment (16 to 18 years) 159 (40,2) Type of sport Collective 309 (78,0) <0,001 Individuals 87 (22,0) Training shifts 1 shift 278 (70,2) <0,001 More than 1 shift 118 (29,8) Level of competitions played Regional and/or State 284 (71,7) <0,001 National and/or International 112 (28,3) Type of school Private 211 (53,3) 0,190 Public 185 (46,7) School shift Morning 278 (70,2) <0,001 Evening 118 (29,8) Teaching step Elementary School 229 (57,8) 0,002 High school 167 (42,2) Legend: p<0,05. Source: Study data, 2021. The identification of the perception of the level of influences of personal engagement and the support of social agents of student-athletes showed that athletes perceive, in general, higher levels of positive influences for their involvement and performance, both in sports and in the study. Furthermore, despite the observation of a positive perception in the different dimensions of influences for sport and for the study, there were slightly higher levels of positive influence for sport, compared to the study, especially in relation to the level of influences of personal engagement and the support of coaches. The dimension related to teammates was the one that showed lower levels of positive influences and higher levels of indifferent (neutral) perception of influence in the study, while family members showed slightly higher levels of positive influences for the study, compared to the other agents (Table 2). © 2021 Global Journals Volume XXI Issue XII Version I 37 ( ) Global Journal of Human Social Science - Year 2021 A Sports and School Involvement and Performance: Perception of Student-Athletes