Mindfulness Exercises: A Key to Reducing Stress in Adult Volleyball Athletes
Qori Nur Hijah, Muhamad Tafaqur, Ridha Mustaqim
ACTIVE Journal of Physical Education Sport Health and Recreation October 30, 2025 DOI: 10.15294/active.v14i3.36476 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Experimental study Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Sample size | 8 |
| Population | Adult male volleyball athletes aged 17-25 in Bandung Regency |
| Intervention | Mindfulness training |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Athletes Athletic training Stress linguistics Stress management Training meteorology Clinical psychology Physical therapy Perceived stress scale Physiological stress |
| Key findings | Mindfulness training significantly reduced stress levels in adult volleyball athletes. |
Abstract
Adult volleyball athletes often experience high pressure from both internal and external sources. This causes adult athletes to be prone to prolonged stress. If not treated immediately, this can cause them difficulty in achieving their maximum performance. This study aims to examine the effect of mindfulness training in reducing stress in adult volleyball athletes. This study used a quantitative approach with an experimental method involving 8 adult male volleyball athletes aged 17-25 years in Bandung Regency. The instrument used was the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS 10) questionnaire, which was administered before and after the mindfulness training treatment. The results showed that mindfulness training significantly reduced stress levels in adult volleyball athletes. The results of this study showed a significance value of 0.00, which is smaller than 0.05. In conclusion, mindfulness training has been shown to reduce stress among adult volleyball athletes and can serve as a reference for psychological training programs during daily training to help manage stress.
Comparable studies
Other experimental studies on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being. Cancer patients (clinical intervention study) | 2003 | Mixed methods: scale development, correlational, quasi-experimental, laboratory, experience-sampling, and clinical intervention study | |
| Loving-kindness meditation increases social connectedness. | 2008 | Controlled laboratory experiment | |
| Mindfulness and mind-wandering: Finding convergence through opposing constructs. | 2012 | Two studies: correlational study and experimental study | |
| Mental Training Enhances Attentional Stability: Neural and Behavioral Evidence | 2009 | Experimental study | |
| Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated population. Incarcerated population | 2006 | Quasi-experimental with treatment-as-usual control condition |