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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Main Authors: Mahoney, J., Gucciardi, Daniel, Ntoumanis, N., Mallett, C.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Human Kinetics 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16716