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, 2021 Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to highlight what is known (relative consistency based on research) and what is unknown (inconsistency or lack of research) regarding the research area of mental toughness. The specific areas of mental toughness chosen that are known included (a) psychological attributes; (b) genetic versus learned
Weinberg, R, Butt, J
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Evolving the validity of a mental toughness measure: Refined versions of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire‐48 [PDF]
Stress and Health, 2020 AbstractThe Mental Toughness Questionnaire‐48 (MTQ48) is a 48‐item self‐report instrument to measure one's level of mental toughness. Despite its wide popularity in psychological studies, the questionnaire has been criticized due to its factorial validity.
Masato Kawabata +2 more
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Dimensionality of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ48) [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Currently there is debate as to whether mental toughness is a unidimensional or multidimensional construct. To investigate the dimensionality of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire 48-items (MTQ48), a widely used measure of mental toughness, we examined data from a sample of 78,947 participants.
Perry, JL +5 more
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Mental toughness: progress and prospects [PDF]
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2017 Mental toughness (MT) has become a popular area of investigation and practice within sport and exercise psychology over the past two decades. Since the turn of the twenty first century, there have been hundreds of studies published on mental toughness, yet concerns remain about the conceptualisation and measurement of mental toughness. In this paper, I
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, 2019 The final publication is available at Springer via https://www.springer.com/gb/book/9783319956800 ; Since the turn of the 21st Century, Mental Toughness has been defined in a variety of ways (e.g. Clough, Earle & Sewell, 2002; Coulter, Mallett & Gucciardi, 2010; Fourie & Potgieter, 2001; Golby & Sheard, 2006; Gucciardi, Gordon & Dimmock, 2008; Jones ...
Strycharczyk, Doug +3 more
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Mental toughness in sport: A review
International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 2007 Athletes, coaches, and applied sports psychologists have consistently referred to mental toughness as one of the most important psychological characteristics related to outcomes and success in elite sport, although researchers have, until recently, devoted little time to studying this concept.
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An inch away from being mentally tough: Performance bias in ratings of mental toughness
Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 2020 Are assessments of an athlete’s mental toughness influenced by how that athlete performs in a single moment in a game? We conducted three experimental studies to address this question and conclude that the answer is yes. In each study, sports fans (total N = 1,097) read vignettes that depicted a mentally tough basketball player, either by describing ...
Benjamin J. I. Schellenberg +1 more
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, 2019 Though there are different conceptions of mental toughness, there are a number of important commonalities, including: self-belief, attentional control, resilience, a success mindset, optimistic thinking, emotional awareness and regulation, ability to deal with perceived challenge, and contextual awareness and understanding (Crust and Clough 2011).
Wall, Tony +2 more
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RESPONSE: Incremental Mental Toughness Training
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2020 As a program director for nearly 30 years, participation in the personal and professional growth and maturation of cardiology fellows-in-training has been one of the most gratifying aspects of my own career.
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Mental toughness development and training in sport
, 2020 Mental toughness (MT) is widely recognized as a valuable personal resource underpinning high quality athletic performance and success in sport. Over the last two decades, the substantive growth of MT research in sport has advanced understanding of the concept and its implications for athletes.
Richard G. Cowden +3 more
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