Confidence: What is the Condition of Indonesian Elite Athletes with Disabilities?

Year 2025, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 28 - 33

Dian Permana , Beltasar Tarigan , Dian Budiana , Yudy Hendrayana , Erick Burhaeın , Diajeng Tyas Pinru Phytanza , Ai Faridah , Budiman Budiman , Rola Angga Lardika

Abstract

Sport is increasingly used as a tool to develop life skills, social abilities, and moral principles in addition to health, physical fitness, and achievement. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of self-confidence of elite Indonesian blind athletes who have practiced sports for a long time and produced results. In this study, a quantitative-descriptive methodology was selected. With the aim of including elite athletes with disabilities in Indonesia (both national and international), 47 athletes with disabilities were selected as research samples through a purposive sampling approach. The research instrument was a self-confidence questionnaire with a validity test of 0.93 and a reliability of 0.90 for athletes with disabilities. Elite athletes with disabilities in Indonesia have a confidence level of 82.98% in the very high category, 8.51% in the high category, 6.38% in the medium category, 2.13% in the low category, and no very low category. Furthermore, an average score of 91.60 was obtained, indicating that, overall, Indonesian elite athletes with disabilities have high self-confidence character in the areas of creative thinking, interpersonal motivation, self-confidence, optimism, responsibility, and rationality. There is a contribution of sports training in building the character of elite athletes with disabilities in Indonesia. The contribution of sports training to the self-confidence of athletes with disabilities is 64% within one year.

Keywords

Athletes With Disabilities, Sports Training, Elite Athletes, Self-Confidence

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