The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness
Mental toughness has received increased scholarly attention in recent years, yet conceptual issues related to its (a) dimensionality, (b) nomological network, and (c) traitness remain unresolved. The series of studies reported in this article were designed to examine these three substantive issues a...
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| description | Mental toughness has received increased scholarly attention in recent years, yet conceptual issues related to its (a) dimensionality, (b) nomological network, and (c) traitness remain unresolved. The series of studies reported in this article were designed to examine these three substantive issues across several achievement contexts, including sport, education, military, and the workplace. Five studies were conducted to examine these research aims—Study 1: N = 30; Study 2: calibration sample (n = 418), tertiary students (n = 500), athletes (n = 427), and employees (n = 550); Study 3: N = 497 employees; Study 4: N = 203 tertiary students; Study 5: N = 115 army candidates. Collectively, the results of these studies revealed that mental toughness may be best conceptualized as a unidimensional rather than a multidimensional concept; plays an important role in performance, goal progress, and thriving despite stress; and can vary and have enduring properties across situations and time. This series of studies provides a foundation for further basic and applied research of mental toughness across various achievement contexts. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-405632019-02-19T05:35:06Z The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness Gucciardi, Daniel Hanton, S. Gordon, S. Mallett, C. Temby, P. Mental toughness has received increased scholarly attention in recent years, yet conceptual issues related to its (a) dimensionality, (b) nomological network, and (c) traitness remain unresolved. The series of studies reported in this article were designed to examine these three substantive issues across several achievement contexts, including sport, education, military, and the workplace. Five studies were conducted to examine these research aims—Study 1: N = 30; Study 2: calibration sample (n = 418), tertiary students (n = 500), athletes (n = 427), and employees (n = 550); Study 3: N = 497 employees; Study 4: N = 203 tertiary students; Study 5: N = 115 army candidates. Collectively, the results of these studies revealed that mental toughness may be best conceptualized as a unidimensional rather than a multidimensional concept; plays an important role in performance, goal progress, and thriving despite stress; and can vary and have enduring properties across situations and time. This series of studies provides a foundation for further basic and applied research of mental toughness across various achievement contexts. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40563 10.1111/jopy.12079 Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc. fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Gucciardi, Daniel Hanton, S. Gordon, S. Mallett, C. Temby, P. The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness |
| title | The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness |
| title_full | The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness |
| title_fullStr | The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness |
| title_full_unstemmed | The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness |
| title_short | The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness |
| title_sort | concept of mental toughness: tests of dimensionality, nomological network and traitness |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40563 |