Mental toughness in sport: Motivational antecedents and associations with performance and psychological health
We argue that basic psychological needs theory (BPNT) offers impetus to the value of mental toughness as a mechanism for optimizing human functioning. We hypothesized that psychological needs satisfaction (thwarting) would be associated with higher (lower) levels of mental toughness, positive affect...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Human Kinetics
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16716 |