1 National Sports Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2 Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
3 Singapore Sports Institute, Singapore Sports Council, Singapore
Jolly Roy ✉ Senior Psychologist, Sports Psychology Centre, National Sports Institute of Malaysia (ISN), Bukit Jalil, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Email: jollyroyisn@hotmail.com
Publish Date
Received: 10-05-2010 Accepted: 26-11-2010 Published (online): 01-03-2011
The study explored the self-generated coping strategies employed by Muslim athletes from South East Asian region during the Ramadan fasting month. Sixty-five National elite Muslim athletes responded to an open-ended question on coping strategies employed during Ramadan fasting. Inductive content analysis identified five general dimensions from 54 meaning units which were abstracted into 14 first-order themes and 10 second order themes. The general dimension included four problem-focused coping: training modifications, dietary habits, psychological, rest and recovery, and one emotion-focused coping i.e., self- control. The coping strategies employed were diverse and dynamic in nature and no specific pattern was evident. The most frequently employed strategies were associated with training and dietary habits. Emotion focused coping was the least frequently used by the athletes.
Muslim athletes employ diverse self -generated coping strategies during Ramadan fasting which can be categorized as anticipatory coping, preventative coping and proactive coping.
Frequently employed coping strategies are task focused such as training modifications and adjustments in dietary habits.
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