Development and preliminary validation of the cricket mental toughness inventory (CMTI)

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1293-1310

  Gucciardi, Daniel F ^a   Gordon, Sandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Flow; Hardiness; Multi method research; Questionnaire development; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SPORTS;

EID: 74949118624     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903242306     Document Type: Article

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