Factorial validity of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 587-592

  Perry, John L ^a   Clough, Peter J ^b   Crust, Lee ^c   Earle, Keith ^b   Nicholls, Adam R ^b  

^a LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Mental toughness; Personality; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871760526     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.020     Document Type: Article

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