Adolescents' exercise and physical activity are associated with mental toughness

Mental Health and Physical Activity

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-42

  Gerber, Markus ^a   Kalak, Nadeem ^b   Lemola, Sakari ^a   Clough, Peter J ^c   Pühse, Uwe ^a   Elliot, Catherine ^a   Holsboer Trachsler, Edith ^b   Brand, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Early adulthood; Gender; MTQ; Recommendations; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TOUGHNESS; MENTAL TOUGHNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84861642148     PISSN: 17552966     EISSN: 18780199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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