Efektivitas Meditasi Mindfulness terhadap Ketangguhan Mental dan Kecemasan Bertanding pada Atlet Disabilitas Badminton di National Paralympic Committee Kabupaten Deli Serdang

Abstract

Athlete with disability is profession carried out by someone with physical, mental, sensory, motoric and/or intellectual limitations who participant in sport competition. Previous research proposed several factors that can influence competitive anxiety and mental toughness. This research aim to see the effectivity of mindfulness meditation to competitive anxiety and mental thoughness in athlete with disability. Data analysis in this research used by Wilcoxon test and effect size. Samples in this study is n = 7. This study uses a mental scale of Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ) as 30 items to measure the variables of mental toughness and competitive state anxiety inventory-2 (CSAI-2R) A total of 18 item. This research show that mindfulness meditation have low effectivity to mental toughness and competitive anxiety. The implications of this research for the coach, athlete disability organization of athlete disability.