Psychological resilience in sport: A review of the literature and implications for research and practice

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Stressing the relevance of resilience: a systematic review of resilience across the domains of sport and work (2017, methodology): “Associated terms such as ‘mental toughness’, ‘emotional intelligence’, ‘hardiness’ and ‘grit’ are often used interchangeably with resilience (Andersen, 2011; Galli & Gonzalez, 2015), where both hardiness and grit connote a ‘hardy constitution’, absent of any reflective meta-cognitive appraisals…”
Interaction of athletes' resilience and coaches' social support on the stress-burnout relationship: A conjunctive moderation perspective (2016, background): “Empirical sport stress research provides one approach to this issue by suggesting that resilient athletes can adapt well even when encountering adversities and stressors (Fletcher & Sarkar, 2013; Galli & Gonzalez, 2014; Sarkar & Fletcher, 2013, 2014; Sarkar, Fletcher,& Brown, 2015).”
Validity and Reliability of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) in Competitive Sport (2016, background): “Resilience is a highly desirable characteristic for athletes to have in sport given the stressors and challenges that they encounter (Fletcher & Sarkar, 2012; Galli & Gonzalez, 2015).”