Comparing two measures of mental toughness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-221

  Crust, Lee ^a   Swann, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Confidence; Construct validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249279368     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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