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Mental toughness, optimism, pessimism, and coping among athletes [PDF]

Personality and Individual Differences, 2008
The concept of mental toughness is widely used, but empirical evidence is required to fully understand this construct and its related variables. The purpose of this paper was to explore the relationship between: (a) mental toughness and coping, (b ...
Polman, R.C.J., Levy, Andrew R., Nicholls, A.R., Backhouse, Susan H, Backhouse, S.H., Backhouse, Susan H., Levy, Andy; id_orcid, Nicholls, Adam R, Levy, Andrew R, Polman, Remco C.J., Nicholls, Adam R., Polman, Remco   +11 more
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Development and validation of a military training mental toughness inventory [PDF]

Military Psychology, 2015
Three studies were conducted in order to develop and validate a mental toughness instrument for use in military training environments. Study 1 (n = 435) focused on item generation and testing the structural integrity of the Military Training Mental ...
Arthur, C.A., Beattie, S., Beattie, Stuart J, Beattie, S.J., Bell, James, Arthur, Calum A, Fitzwater, James, Hardy, L.J., Fitzwater, J., Hardy, Lew, Hardy, L., Bell, J.   +11 more
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Fracture toughness characterization of thin Ti/SiC composites [PDF]

, 2011
Titanium based alloys reinforced uniaxially with silicon carbide fibres (Ti/SiC) are advanced and innovative materials for aerospace vehicles.
Ma, Wei
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Resilience and mental toughness as predictors of anxiety, depression, and mental well-being [PDF]

, 2023
To examine how strongly the attributes of resilience and mental toughness predicted levels of anxiety, depression, and mental well-being, a quantitative online survey of 281 adults was employed.
Naden, Emma, Schepman, Astrid, Rodway, Paul, Bilton, Gareth   +3 more
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The role of mental toughness and affect in academic success within a higher education setting [PDF]

‘Mental Toughness’ is recognised as an important component in academic success (Robinson 2013) represented by the psychological qualities that determine how challenges are effectively addressed in pressurised situations (Dewhurst et al. 2012).
Fern Pollak, Liory, Cachia, Moira, Usher, Lee, Hunt, Frances, Lynam, Siobhan, Stock, Rosemary   +5 more
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The comparison of mental toughness between 2017 SEA Games athletic athletes and 2017 ASEAN Para Games Paralympic athletic athletes

, 2021
In the context of deepening the mental toughness between athletic athletes, this study aims to identify the mental toughness of athletic athletes involved in 2017 SEA Games and 2017 ASEAN Para Games by comparing the mental toughness level between the ...
Ong, Swee Leong, Soh, Kim Lam, M. N, Mohad Anizu, Soh, Kim Geok, R., Rattaakoses, M. K., Siswantoyo, Ahmad, Azrool Afizie, Sunardi, Jaka   +7 more
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Diagnosing the system: Mental health, necropolitical uncare, and the abolition of migration detention

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the psychological effects of migration detention in the European Union's Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC) on Samos through an ecological lens. It explores a double normalization of suffering: the brutalization of necropolitical migration governance and the simultaneous understanding of resulting distress as an ...
Julia Manek
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Freedom dreaming of migrant justice: Critical reflections on counterspaces and institutional violence in the university

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract US universities are built on stolen land and sustained through hierarchies of power that produce what migrant justice scholars name as b/order regimes. As institutions that claim to be sites of learning and inclusion, universities are fraught with contradictions as simultaneously sites of dispossession, exclusion, and control.
Sara L. Buckingham, Jesica Siham Fernández   +1 more
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Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ

, 2017
Background Stress resistance is very substantial and interesting for scientists, competitors, coaches, and psychologists. The main aim of the article was the psychometric examination of mental toughness in the sport questionnaire (MTSQ ...
Jacek Przybylski
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‘Giving Back to Our Community’: The Retention of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Workforce in New South Wales, Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia require culturally responsive services. The Australian government has committed to establishing strategies to increase the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability workforce; however, there is scant research on the factors influencing retention.
J. Gwynn, J. Gilroy, S. Peter, F. Talbot, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, B. Rambaldini, A. Haines, M. Lincoln   +9 more
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