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Email this article Positive Psychology and Virtual Reality Video Exercise for Special Olympics Indonesia Athletes
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This study explored aspects of a good life in Special Olympics Indonesia (SOIna) athletes from a positive psychology perspective, after Virtual Reality video-based training. The study assessed aspects used to evaluate the quality of life of SOIna athletes, including life satisfaction, resilience, personal values, and courage. The method used in this study was an experimental method involving experimental and control groups. The experimental group consisted of 40 athletes with mild intellectual disabilities (mean = 23 years) practicing Athletics, Football, Futsal, Handball, and Badminton, while the control group consisted of 40 athletes with mild intellectual disabilities (mean = 24 years) doing sports in their leisure time. Questionnaires were used to measure selected aspects of a good life and well-being. When analyzing the differences between SOIna athletes with disabilities and non-sports athletes with disabilities, a significant difference in resilience was found (t = 5.25; df = 40; p < 0.0001), showing higher resilience traits in athletes with disabilities. The next significant difference in this variable was observed in the comparison between adults with disabilities and healthy adults (t = -4.15; df = 40; p < 0.001). This result indicated higher resilience in healthy adult athletes with disabilities. Healthy young adults did not differ in terms of their resilience levels. Furthermore, differences between non-sports people with disabilities and healthy young adults had not been observed. From the analysis results, the Asymp. sig (2-tailed) value was 0.000 < 0.05, indicating there was a significant difference and the training using the 360° Virtual Reality Video could be feasible to be used for improving positive psychology in athletes with disabilities (SOIna).
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