Menstrual Pain and Athlete's Emotional Regulation

Abstract

Menstruation in female athletes every month, accompanied by pain, causes discomfort. Menstruation can affect athletes' emotions during training and competition and affect their performance.This study aims to determine the effect of menstrual pain on the emotional regulation of female athletes during training. The study uses quantitative research methods, by looking for a relationship between menstrual pain and emotional regulation. The research population was female athletes aged 14-17 years who experienced pain during menstruation. Samples were obtained using a purposive sampling technique of 50 people. Research data was taken using menstrual pain instruments and emotional regulation.The results showed that based on the results of the correlation test, the value of Sig. (2-tailed) between menstrual pain (X) and emotional regulation (Y) is 0.004 <0.05, which means there is a significant correlation between menstrual pain and emotional regulation. Variable X with variable Y has a Pearson correlation value of 0.401. Based on the results of this study it can be concluded that there is a positive relationship between menstrual pain and emotional regulation in female athletes. The lower the level of menstrual pain, the higher the level of athlete's emotional management. Vice versa, the higher the level of menstrual pain, the lower the athlete's emotional management level.