Relationship between Athletic Mental Energy (AME) and Elite Athletes' Medal-Winning

Abstract

The aim of this study is to improve understanding and awareness of the idea of athletic mental energy (AME), which is thought to be underrepresented in the literature. Athletes can perform well in competitive situations as a result of AME, which acts as mental energy in other areas. In order to do this, the relationship between mental energy and winning medals was analysed among a group of Indonesia's elite athletes. Cross-sectional analysis and a correlational survey method were both used in the study design. There were 368 elite athletes consisting of 203 male athletes and 165 female athletes from the city of Bandung who participated in different sports and had an average age of 23 were included in this study. The data analysis used was descriptive univariate, bivariate using chi-square and multivariate using multiple linear regression in SPSS 26. The results obtained explained that AME as a whole has a 58.5% impact on the R Square value, while other factors outside the model have a 41.5% influence. In-depth, As a statistical conclusion, it has been found that AME's components of motivation (10,3%), concentration (12,8%), and confidence (14,6%) are highly related to winning medals, with scientific discoveries that back up the theoretical framework. Indonesian elite athletes need to be made aware of the relationship between Athletic Mental Energy (AME) and its contribution to medal success, and it is recommended that relevant information be disseminated by the authorities. Further investigation is needed to examine the relationship between cognitive effort and high-performance in various sports.