Mental toughness in sport: The goal-expectancy-self-control (Ges) Model

C Bédard Thom, F Guay, C Trottier - Journal of Applied Sport …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Mental toughness (MT) has gained considerable attention in sport as an important factor for
achieving goals in the presence of varying degrees of pressure, adversity or obstacles …

Mental toughness as a psychological determinant of behavioral perseverance in special forces selection.

DF Gucciardi, RLJ Lines, KJ Ducker… - Sport, Exercise, and …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
The purpose of this study was to conduct a conceptual replication of past work on the
association between mental toughness and behavioral perseverance across multiple tasks …

Developing a 'clarity of mind': Exploring a behaviour-based approach to mental toughness development in international youth football

A McKay, B Cropley, D Shearer… - Journal of Applied Sport …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Mentally tough behaviors (MTbs) entail verbal or physical acts that allow athletes to engage
their capacity to produce consistently high performances under pressure. However …

Fast talkers? Investigating the influence of self-talk on mental toughness and finish times in 800-meter runners

KB Cooper, MR Wilson, MI Jones - Journal of Applied Sport …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to explore whether a personalized self-talk intervention
influenced mental toughness, rating of perceived exertion, sense of the urge to slow down …

A qualitative exploration of mentally tough behaviour in Australian football

DR Anthony, S Gordon, DF Gucciardi - Journal of sports sciences, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The primary aim of this research was to generate insight into observable mentally tough
behaviours, or MTb, across different contexts (eg, training and competition) in an Australian …

[PDF][PDF] Mental toughness of elite judo athletes

OM Yasar, M Turgut - Acta Med, 2020 - researchgate.net
Introduction: The concept of mental toughness, which is one of the psychological
characteristics, is an important factor for the success of elite athletes. Mental toughness …

[HTML][HTML] Leadership, mental toughness, and attachment relationship in the world beach volleyball context

NM Caruzzo, JRN Vissoci, AR Contreira, AM Caruzzo… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
For a long time, competitive sport has focused only on aspects related to performance.
However, studies in social psychology have indicated the importance of focusing on the …

Lead me to train better: Transformational leadership's moderation of the negative relationship between athlete personality and training behaviors

S Zhang, S Beattie, A Pitkethly… - The Sport …, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
High-quality training environments are essential for athletic peak performance. However,
recent research highlighted that athletes' personality characteristics could undermine …

The effect of athletes' training satisfaction on competitive state anxiety—a chain-mediated effect based on psychological resilience and coping strategies

X Yu, Y Yang, B He - Frontiers in Psychology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This study aimed to investigate the relationship between athletes' training
satisfaction and competitive state anxiety, by examining the mediating roles of psychological …

Mental toughness training

S Beattie, L Hardy, A Cooke… - Skill Acquisition in …, 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter provides a directions for the training of mental toughness. Mental Toughness is
a term that is commonly used to describe an athlete who when under pressure has …