Abstract
Exercise can maintain a person's level of psychological well-being or also known as Psychological well-being (PWB), but on the other hand, it can also have a negative effect. Negative Social Interaction is one of the factors that have a negative effect on individuals from their environment during exercise. In terms of gender, women and sports are interrelated even though women have long been underestimated in sports, especially in sports that are considered masculine sports. This study examines the negative social interactions experienced by athletes in basketball. In basketball, negative social interactions can occur due to the assumption that basketball is a masculine sport, besides, that women are considered weaker than men. So this study aims to analyze the impact of Negative Social Interaction obtained by female basketball athletes on the Psychological well-being (PWB) of athletes. The instruments used were Negative Social Exchange (NSE) and Psychological Well-being Scale questionnaires as well as short interviews given to 24 female basketball athletes at the University of Indonesia Education. The results showed that NSI had a significant relationship with the PWB of female basketball athletes. The coach is one individual who plays a very important role in the condition of the athlete's PWB. Not only can it have a negative impact, but NSI can also be turned into a motivation that can encourage athletes to fight harder in the future. The author provides suggestions for coaches who handle female basketball athletes to be more careful when interacting with athletes and for basketball connoisseurs to better organize themselves in expression when enjoying this sport.
Highlights
Psychological well-being (PWB) is a general concept to describe a person’s mental health (Ryff & Keyes, 1995)
This study aims to analyze the impact of Negative Social Interaction (NSI) obtained by female basketball athletes on the Psychological Well-Being (PWB) of athletes
Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that NSI has a significant relationship with the PWB of female basketball athletes
Summary
Psychological well-being (PWB) is a general concept to describe a person’s mental health (Ryff & Keyes, 1995). The results of the study stated that exercise for women was very important because comparing the level of PWB between female athletes and non-athletes showed that female athletes had better PWB than nonathletes because physical activity can increase positive aspects of personality in the form of selfacceptance, positive relationships with others, autonomy, an adjustment in the environment, life goals and personal growth (Alamdarloo et al, 2019). In addition to the advantages mentioned above, exercise can be a reason for a decrease in PWB, one of which is when athletes experience Negative Social Interaction (NSI) with their environment when doing sports (DeFreese & Smith, 2014). The author feels the need to review this matter because there are still limited literature studies that examine NSI and PWB in female athletes (Trainor et al, 2020), there has been no research examining this in basketball athletes in Indonesia, so that in In this study, the authors give special attention to female athletes who are more dominant in experiencing this problem
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