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  • 1 Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
Movement Health & Exercise, 2016;5(2):65-72.
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Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the psychological profile of Malaysian female
cricket athletes. The sample size consists of 21 Malaysian athletes who took part in Incheon
Asian Sport, South Korea 2014. The type of questionnaire used in this research are the Sports
Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ) to evaluate athletes’ mental endurance; the Sports
Competition Anxiety Test (SCAT) to assess athlete’s anxiety and the Leadership Scale for
Sports (LSS) to evaluate coach’s leadership qualities. The data is analysed by means of a
descriptive research method and standard variance. Only one respondent received the scores
between 26-30 whilst the rest received scores between 0-22. The results suggest that
Malaysian female cricket athletes possess low mental endurance. The primary factor that
affects mental endurance is motivation. The study also established that the level of anxiety
among athletes is moderate. Training and orders were found to be the general leadership
qualities amongst the five dimension for athletes whilst the autocratic dimension is the least.
As for the leadership qualities that is most commonly used by coaches is positive
feedback whilst the least leadership dimension used is autocratic. The result this study
provides considerable insight in the field of sports, especially to coaches and those who are
involved in sports development from a psychological standpoint that may affect the
performance of the athletes.