Can Mental Skills Intervention Improve Resilience of Adolescent Badminton Athletes?

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10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.106How to use a DOI?

Keywords

athletes, goal setting, mental training

Abstract

Resilience is described as a positive adaptation despite the presence of, or to bounce back from, risk or adversity. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of mental skills intervention in improving resilience of adolescent athletes in a badminton club. Ten athletes were sampled in a field one-group pre-test post-test quasi experiment case study. Treatment implemented was mental skills intervention - comprising of individual counselling and group capacity builiding on goal setting, mental imagery and self-talk. Data analysis was done with Wilcoxon signed rank test (P<.05). This study shows a significant increase on resilience. This case study shows that mental skills intervention can improve resilience. Thus, it is useful to build the capacity of athletes' mental skills. It is recommended to implement this intervention in routine trainings.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Gita Widya Laksmini Soerjoatmodjo
AU  - Clara Moningka
PY  - 2018/12
DA  - 2018/12
TI  - Can Mental Skills Intervention Improve Resilience of Adolescent Badminton Athletes?
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education, and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2018) and 1st Conference on Interdisciplinary Approach in Sports (CoIS 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 420
EP  - 422
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.106
DO  - 10.2991/yishpess-cois-18.2018.106
ID  - WidyaLaksminiSoerjoatmodjo2018/12
ER  -