Mental toughness and self-confidence of volleyball extracurricular participants: a study of gender differences
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v62.110600Keywords:
mental toughness, self-confidence, gender, volleyballAbstract
There are four aspects that need to be considered in a volleyball game, namely: physical, technical, tactical, and mental. The search for better results in sport, regardless of the discipline, pushes many athletes to their physical and mental limits. This study aims to identify differences in mental toughness and self-confidence in volleyball extracurricular participants based on male and female gender, and which one is better. This research is a comparative study. The population in this study were extracurricular volleyball participants in five high schools totaling 154 students (89 male, 65 female) with an average age of 16-19 years selected randomly. Control group, namely men and women totaling 62 students. The instrument used is a questionnaire. Data analysis technique using ANOVA test. The level of statistical significance was set at p-value <0.05. The results of this study found evidence that the mental toughness (F-value of 12.124 and p-value of 0.000 <0.05) and self-confidence (F-value of 17.637 and p-value of 0.000 <0.05) of male volleyball extracurricular participants are better than female, so it is hoped that volleyball coaches can use it as one of the considerations for developing development strategies so that mental toughness and self-confidence are better.
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