Similarities and Differences in Aspects of Mental Skills in Individual and Team Sport

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.081How to use a DOI?

Keywords

individual and team sports, mental skills

Abstract

This study was aimed at finding out which aspects of mental skills are similar and which aspects of mental skills are significantly different in individual athletes and team sport athletes. The method used was a descriptive method with the survey technique. The research sample consisted of 455 athletes from 28 sports in Universitas Negeri Jakarta. This study used a mental skills questionnaire consisting of seven aspects: self-confidence, negative energy control, concentration, the ability of visualization and imagery, motivation, positive energy, and behavioral control. The data analysis technique used was the different tests using variance analysis. The results of the study show the followings: 1) There was a significant difference between the mental skill profile in individual sports and team sports (p= 0.032 <0.05; 2) There was a significant difference in the mental skill aspects of negative energy control (p = 0.008 <0.05), concentration (p= 0.000 <0.05), and positive energy (p = 0.024 <0.05) between athletes of individual sports and athletes of team sports; 3) There were similarities for the mental skill aspects of self-confidence (p = 0.129> 0.05), visualization and imagery abilities (p = 0.336> 0.05), motivation (p= 0.315 > 0.05), and attitude control (p= 0.343> 0.05) between individual sports and team sports.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Juriana Juriana
AU  - Kurnia Tahki
AU  - Nur Ali
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/19
TI  - Similarities and Differences in Aspects of Mental Skills in Individual and Team Sport
BT  - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Sport Science, Health, and Physical Education (ICSSHPE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 307
EP  - 310
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.081
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200214.081
ID  - Juriana2020
ER  -