Correlation between Self-Talk and Emotional Regulation Among Student Volleyball Athletes

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Studi purpose. This research aims to determine the relationship between self-talk and emotional regulation in student volleyball athletes. A quantitative descriptive method with a correlational design was used in this research. This research aims to determine the relationship between self-talk and emotional regulation in student volleyball athletes. Materials and methods. This research uses quantitative descriptive research methods and design. The instrument used was a questionnaire to measure self-talk using a self-talk scale (STS) of 9 items and an emotional regulation and self-talk scale of 6 items for each participant, with a score for each item using 5 points. Frequency scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly disagree, maximum 1 = strongly agree) Given to the sample once. Data analysis used SPSS Version 25. We carried out data processing and analysis in the form of statistical descriptions, normality tests using the Shapiro-Wilk Test, and correlation tests using the Spearman-Rank Test. Results. The research results show that there is a significant relationship between self-talk and emotional regulation in student volleyball athletes. The relationship between the two variables has a very strong level of correlation. Student volleyball athletes have a percentage of emotional regulation ability of 73.3% and self-talk of 70.8%. Conclusions. This research concludes that self-talk has an important role in regulating student-athletes' emotions to achieve the goals they want to achieve, namely sports performance. Efforts to achieve the best performance in match practice, self-talk and emotional regulation are two main aspects that need to be considered.