Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Physical Education, Sport, and Health (ACPES 2019)

Relationship Between Mental Toughness, Sports Competition Anxiety and Performance among Women’s Hockey Team

Authors
Nelfianty Mohd Rasyid, Jeffrey Low Fook Lee, Ali Md Nadzalan, Ruaibah Yazani Tengah
Corresponding Author
Nelfianty Mohd Rasyid
Available Online November 2019.
DOI
10.2991/acpes-19.2019.21How to use a DOI?
Keywords
mental toughness, competition anxiety, hockey
Abstract

Psychological factors such as mental toughness and competition anxiety is important psychological attribute in determining success. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between mental toughness, sports competition anxiety and performance among women’s hockey team. Instruments used in this study were Mental Toughness Questionnaire, Sport Competition Anxiety Test, and basic skills test in hockey. Results showed that the players had low level of mental toughness and moderate to high level of anxiety. Pearson Correlation analysis revealed that overalls mental toughness was negatively related to competition anxiety. For the skill tests, results showed that players had high skills on Multi Target Push and moderate skills on Straight Drive Hit, and Shooting from 16 Yards. Analysis of correlation showed that there was no significant correlation between the mental toughness and competition anxiety with all the skill tests. In conclusion, the study showed that the players had low level of mental toughness, moderate to high level of anxiety and basic skills in hockey. This study suggests that the players need to undergo psychological skill training to improve their mental toughness and to ensure that anxiety is at an optimal level in order to achieve excellent performance in competitions.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Physical Education, Sport, and Health (ACPES 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2019
ISBN
10.2991/acpes-19.2019.21
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/acpes-19.2019.21How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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