Mental Toughness dan Competitive Anxiety Pada Atlet Karate UNM

Abstract

Athletes who experience competitive anxiety cannot provide optimal performance in competing, so they must have a strong mental or mental toughness in order to face any situation. This study aims to see whether there is an effect of mental toughness on competitive anxiety in UNM karate athletes. The hypothesis in this study is that there is a negative effect of mental toughness on competitive anxiety of UNM karate athletes. The method used in this research is quantitative research methods. The research subjects consisted of 53 karate athletes. The measuring instruments used were mental toughness scale and competitive anxiety scale, which were analyzed using simple linear regression analysis techniques. The results showed that there was a positive effect between mental toughness and competitive anxiety in Universitas Negeri Makassar karate athletes (R = 0.729; p = 0.000). This study obtained different results from the previous literature. Researchers consider that there are other factors, namely competing experience that disturbs mental toughness of athletes so that it does not negatively affect competitive anxiety.