Mental Toughness: Gambaran mental atlet elit remaja Papua

Abstract

papua; psikis atlet. This study aims to reveal and describe the mental toughness of adolescent athletes in Papua. The descriptive research type was chosen in this study as it was in line with the research objectives. A total of 55 Papuan elite youth athletes participated in the study. Generally, these athletes were at the junior and senior high school level of education. The instrument used to collect MT data was the Mental Toughness Index (MTI). The results showed that the "success mindset" dimension had the highest average value. The dimensions of self-belief, attention regulation, emotion regulation, context knowledge, and optimism then followed them. For the "buoyancy" dimension to be the lowest dimension. In general, athletes' mental toughness is in the moderate category.