Menstrual Cycle: Does it Influence the Anxiety and Confidence of the Volley Ball Athletes?

[摘要] The research aims to find out how high the increasing of anxiety of volleyball athletes and to find out how much the confidence decreasing on their menstrual cycle. The research method that was employed is the causal-comparative research (Ex-Post Facto) with 12 volley ball athletes as the sample. The result shows that the anxiety increasing on the pre-menstrual phase is about thirty two point five percent, during the menstrual phase about thirty two point nine percent and on post-menstrual phase is about forty five point five percent. Meanwhile, the confidence decreasing level on the pre-menstrual phase is about thirty four point one percent, during the menstrual phase about thirty three point seven percent and on the post-menstrual phase is about forty three point seven percent. The conclusion is that the menstrual phase influences the anxiety increasing and confidence decreasing of volley ball athletes.

[发布机构] Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia^1;Department of Coaching Education, Faculty of Sport and Health Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Indonesia^2

[效力级别] 自然科学

[关键词] Anxiety and confidence;Comparative research;Four-point;Menstrual cycle;research methods;Two-point;Volley ball;Volleyball athletes