Mental toughness and individual differences in learning, educational and work performance, psychological well-being, and personality: A systematic review

Y Lin, J Mutz, PJ Clough, KA Papageorgiou - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Mental toughness (MT) is an umbrella term that entails positive psychological resources,
which are crucial across a wide range of achievement contexts and in the domain of mental …

Mental toughness: progress and prospects

DF Gucciardi - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Updated mental toughness definition informed by guidelines for construct
clarity.•Clarification of the conceptual distinctiveness of mental toughness.•Systematic …

Are mental toughness and mental health contradictory concepts in elite sport? A narrative review of theory and evidence

DF Gucciardi, S Hanton, S Fleming - Journal of science and medicine in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective Athlete development and management encompass a complex interaction of
biological, psychological, and social factors. Within elite sport, multidisciplinary sport science …

The national health and resilience in veterans study: a narrative review and future directions

BM Fogle, J Tsai, N Mota, I Harpaz-Rotem… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
United States (US) veterans are substantially older than their non-veteran counterparts.
However, nationally representative, population-based data on the unique health needs of …

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 …

Controlling coaching and athlete thriving in elite adolescent netballers: The buffering effect of athletes' mental toughness

DF Gucciardi, A Stamatis, N Ntoumanis - … of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives The purposes of this study were to examine the association between controlling
coach behaviours and athlete experiences of thriving and test the buffering effect of mental …

Psychometric assessment of shortened Mental Toughness Questionnaires (MTQ): factor structure of the MTQ-18 and the MTQ-10

N Dagnall, A Denovan, KA Papageorgiou… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The 18-item Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ-18) is a brief, widely used measure of
mental toughness. The MTQ-18 derives from the longer MTQ-48, which comprises four …

“The tough get tougher”: Mental skills training with elite military recruits.

JPJ Fitzwater, CA Arthur, L Hardy - Sport, Exercise, and …, 2018 - psycnet.apa.org
Mental toughness has been shown to have relevance in a wide range of performance-
related fields where distractions, anxiety, and fear are common challenges; however, there …

A three–domain personality analysis of a mentally tough athlete

TJ Coulter, CJ Mallett, JA Singer - European Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
The current study adopted McAdams' multilayer framework as the basis to develop a
psychological portrait of an elite athlete who was identified as being particularly 'mentally …

Mental toughness measures: A systematic review of measurement properties for practitioners

JL Farnsworth, A Marshal, NL Myers - Journal of Applied Sport …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Aim Mental toughness (MT) is a critical component of athletic success in sports. Several
different scales have been developed to evaluate MT; however, it is unknown which of these …