When the going gets tough: Mental toughness and its relationship with behavioural perseverance

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 81-86

  Gucciardi, Daniel F ^a   Peeling, Peter ^b   Ducker, Kagan J ^a   Dawson, Brian ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian structural equation modelling; Beep test; Mentally tough; Substantive methodological synergy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGILITY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; AUSTRALIAN; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOURAL PERSEVERANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FIELD STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TOUGHNESS; MENTAL TOUGHNESS QUESTIONNAIRE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MULTISTAGE 20 M SHUTTLE RUN TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; BAYES THEOREM; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; BAYES THEOREM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84947969487     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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