Difference in Level of Mental Well-Being in Team and Individual Athletes; Assessing Self-Confidence’s Contribution to the Difference

This study explores the difference in the level of mental well-being between the athletes playing team sports and individual sports. Another objective of the study was to understand the difference in mental well-being between the type of sports while controlling self-confidence. 156 participants were included in the study, comprising of 78 team sport athletes and 78 individual sport athletes, between the age of 18 to 30 (M=24.88). The participants completed a questionnaire consisting of Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) and Trait Robustness of Self-Confidence Inventory (TROSCI) to collect data on mental well-being and self-confidence, respectively. The result suggests that there was no difference in the level of mental well-being between the type of sports. Even when self-confidence was controlled, there was no significant difference observed in the level of mental well-being between the type of sports. However, the study suggests a positive correlation between self-confidence and mental well-being.