Gambaran Kepercayaan Diri Pada Atlet Penyandang DIsabilitas di National Paralympic Commite (NPC) Wilayah Sumatera Utara

Abstract

Confidence is one important aspect of personality, because without the confidence there will occur many problems in an individual. Confidence is a valuable attribute in a person in the life of society to actualize all his potential. There are many factors which can affect the formation of self-confidence in individuals that is Self Concept factor, parent factor, Self-esteem factor, Safety factor, Education factor, Success factor, Experience factor and Phsysical factor. As well as in the research of self confidence of athletes with disabilities. This research uses quantitative methods with data’s collected in the form of series or collection of numbers. The subjects of this research were 40 athletes with disabilities in National Paralympic Committee (NPC) in North Sumatera with four existing sports, judo, table tennis, bullet and weightlifting and two disability classifications that is the deaf and the blind. This research is based on Guttman scale with the scale of self-confidence (α = 0.978) The analysis technique used in this research is using quantitative descriptive and factor analysis with SPSS 18. Based on the results of the data analysis, the biggest factor that gives influence in the formation of self-confidence is Self Concept 22%, Parent 18%, Self-esteem 15%, Safety 13%, Education 11%, Success 9%, Experience 7% and Physical 5 %.