Evaluation of a Mental Toughness Training Program for Youth-Aged Australian Footballers: I. A Quantitative Analysis

By D. Gucciardi, S. Gordon, J. Dimmock. 2009

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Social Psychology

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Mental toughness in education: exploring relationships with attainment, attendance, behaviour and peer relationships (2015, unknown): “Prior to these studies, mental toughness had predominantly been studied within the domain of sport (e.g. Bull et al., 2005; Connaughton et al., 2008; Gucciardi et al., 2009; Jones et al., 2007).”
Developing Mental Toughness: From Research to Practice (2011, background): “While there is some evidence that mental skills training can lead to increases in self-reported mental toughness ( Gucciardi, Gordon, & Dimmock, 2009 ; Sheard & Golby, 2006 ), others have questioned the validity of such approaches.”
Mental Toughness and Success in Sport: A Review and Prospect (2017, unknown): “Qualitative investigations have been supplemented by initial research involving targeted interventions, a number of which have provided support for the modification of MT [21, 22].”
Measuring flow in gamification: Dispositional Flow Scale-2 (2014, unknown): “…et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2009; Weibel, Wissmath, Habegger, Steiner, & Groner, 2008), instant messaging (Lu, Zhou, & Wang, 2009), mobile technologies (Chen, 2006), web sites in general (Skadberg & Kimmel, 2004), and game-based learning (Admiraal, Huizenga, Akkerman, & Dam, 2011; Fu et al., 2009).”
Coaches' views of mental toughness and how it is built (2011, background): “The idea that mental toughness might be associated with both positive and negative outcomes might help distinguish it from other constructs such as resilience and hardiness (Gucciardi et al., 2009a).”
‘What it takes’: perceptions of mental toughness and its development in an English Premier League Soccer Academy (2014, background): “In this context, mental toughness has emerged as a key concept related to success in sport (Gucciardi et al. 2009b, Jones et al. 2007).”
Developing mixed methods research in sport and exercise psychology: critical reflections on five points of controversy. (2015, methodology): “For example, in their quantitative study of mental toughness, the reliability and validity of the instruments used along with the ‘objectivity’ of the researchers are assumed by Gucciardi et al. (2009a) rather than commented on directly. In their follow-up qualitative study of the same topic, howeve”
Relationships between mental toughness and psychological wellbeing in undergraduate students (2015, background): “Gucciardi, Gordon, and Dimmock (2009a) propose MT is a collection of experientially developed and inherent values, attitudes, emotions, and cognitions that influence the way in which an individual approaches, responds to, and appraises both negatively and positively construed pressure, challenge,…”