SELF-CONFIDENCE AND ANXIETY ON STATE OF NATIONAL SEPAKTAKRAW PLAYERS PARTICIPATING IN THE 18TH ASIAN GAMES IN INDONESIA
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This research aimed to study and compare a level of confidence and state anxiety as a whole between situation in relation to gender and ages, as well as to study how to create confidence and reduce anxiety. Participants were 27 national Sepak Takraw players involving in the 18th Asian Games in Indonesia. A purposive selection was used in this study. The Measures of Self-Confidence and Anxiety on State (MSCAS) were used, as well as the content validity and intraclass-and-retest reliability were used in this study. Data analysis was conducted by mean, standard deviation, Paired t-test, Two-and Three-Way Repeated Measure ANOVAs, and Bonferroni which would be used when difference was found.
Results revealed that an overall of self-confidence on state was found at a good level, as well as an overall of anxiety on state was found at a low level. Significant differences were found between situations (p<0.05) but no statistical difference was found between genders and ages (p>0.05). As for, females’ and males’ the top-three-anxiety-reducing techniques most used were meditation, self-talk, and thought stopping. The techniques were used in different ways between genders; females used muscle relaxation and skill training, but males used watching their playing-a-game VDO, playing a game, and watching a cartoon television program, respectively. According to females’ and males’ self-confidence increasing technique most used between genders was goal setting, next was imagery, and the last one was self-arousal technique, respectively.
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