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BREAKABLE PERFORMANCE - THE ROLE OF MENTAL TOUGHNESS IN ELITE SPORT, INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK

open access: yesStadium, 2021
Our study aimed to analyze mental toughness and its relationship to sports performance. We reviewed 38 qualitative and quantitative international studies.
Eszter Panna Torma, László Balogh
doaj   +1 more source

Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond salaries: Teachers' experiences of navigating early years education amid economic instability in Türkiye

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The intersection of economic conditions and early years education has long been debated, particularly where financial constraints shape educational practice and professional realities. Türkiye, characterised by high inflation and structural vulnerabilities in purchasing power parity, provides a critical context for examining how economic ...
Ebru Aydın, Şerif Yüksel
wiley   +1 more source

Developing mental toughness in young people : coaching as an applied positive psychology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This chapter aims to introduce the reader to the research and practice of coaching (as an applied positive psychology) for both students and teachers, with a particular emphasis on coaching for mental ...
Nieuwerburgh, Christian van   +1 more
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Mental toughness in sport: A review

open access: yesInternational 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.
openaire   +2 more sources

An inch away from being mentally tough: Performance bias in ratings of mental toughness

open access: yesSport, 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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‘School is their whole world’: Teachers' perspectives on loneliness among children and adolescents from England and mainland China

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As front‐line observers and active participants in pupils' daily lives, teachers closely monitor pupils' social interactions, emotional states and behavioural changes. Their unique perspective enables them to detect problems in the social lives of their pupils that may not be immediately visible to peers, parents or mental health professionals.
Yixuan Zheng   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

No other choice: The fracturing of reflexivity in families' pathways into (non‐)elective home education in England

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In England, education is compulsory, but schooling is not: it is legal for families to home educate their children. This form of education is officially termed by the Department for Education as ‘Elective Home Education’. As this designation implies, many families home educate as a positive and preferential ‘choice’.
Katherine Davey   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Talking to Myself About Mental Toughness: Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Talk and Mental Toughness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Mental toughness recently became a psychological phenomenon of high interest due to its perceived necessity for an athlete’s success in sport. Given its relatively new conceptualization, there is limited literature surrounding mental toughness ...
Olvera, Sergio
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Hard shell, soft core? Multi-disciplinary and multi-national insights into mental toughness among surgeons

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery
BackgroundWith the prevalence of burnout among surgeons posing a significant threat to healthcare outcomes, the mental toughness of medical professionals has come to the fore.
Leonard Knoedler   +10 more
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