Progress toward construct validation of the Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 186-193

  Sheard, Michael ^a   Golby, Jim ^b   Van Wersch, Anna ^b  

^a YORK ST JOHN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Mental toughness; Principal axis factoring analysis; Schmid Leiman; Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ)

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249083300     PISSN: 10155759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1015-5759.25.3.186     Document Type: Article

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