Eddy Marheni, Eko Purnomo, I Kadek Suardika, Donie, Ardo Okilanda, Agus Gumilar, Alek Oktadinata, Nina Jermaina, Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin
This study investigates the effectiveness of integrating mental education through sports at the elementary, junior, and senior high school levels as an approach to enhancing adolescent personal resilience. The primary objective of this research is to assess the impact of sports on improving mental resilience across different educational stages (elementary, junior high, and senior high school) to determine which level experiences the most significant improvement. The study employs an experimental research design with multiple treatments and a control group, using a pretest-posttest format. The findings indicate that the integration of mental education through sports significantly enhances student resilience at all educational levels. Specifically, the Paired Samples Test revealed notable improvements in resilience, with average differences between pretest and posttest scores of -19.191 for elementary school, -46.070 for junior high school, and -16.205 for senior high school. The results from junior high school students exhibited the most substantial effect, as evidenced by the highest t-value of -96.677 and the smallest standard deviation (4.015), suggesting data homogeneity. All test results were statistically significant (p < 0.001), confirming that mental education through sports has a positive influence on student resilience, with the most pronounced effect observed in junior high school students. © 2025 Eddy Marheni, Eko Purnomo, I Kadek Suardika, Donie Donie, Ardo Okilanda, Agus Gumilar, Alek Okilanda, Nina Jermaina, Nor Eeza Zainal Abidin This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Department of Sports Coaching, Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia; Department of Sports Coaching, Faculty of Sports and Health, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Gorontalo, Indonesia; Department of Physical Education, Health and Recreation, Faculty of Education, Sports and Health, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, West Java, Indonesia; Department of Sports Coaching, Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia; Department of Sports Education, Faculty of Sports Science, Universitas Negeri Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia; Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports and Exercise Science, Universiti Malaya, Kualalumpur, Malaysia
