Mental toughness in sport: A review
By Lee Crust. 2007
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Abstract Athletes, coaches, and applied sports psychologists have consistently referred to mental toughness as one of the most important psychological characteristics related to outcomes and success in elite sport, although researchers have, until recently, devoted little time to studying this concept. This review considers some of the emerging definitions and conceptualizations, and examines how mental toughness might be developed in performers. Qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of mental toughness are evaluated, and developments in measuring this important concept are discussed. Research that has examined the relationship between mental toughness, performance, and perception are also reviewed. Future directions for research are offered.
Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Social Psychology
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Citations in the corpus
- Mental toughness and athletes' use of psychological strategies (2010, methodology): “…methods, a number of key components are consistently reported, including self-belief, commitment, self-motivation, thriving on competition and challenges, retaining psychological control under pressure, resilience, perseverance, and focus or concentration (Crust, 2007; Gucciardi et al., 2008).”
- Progress Toward Construct Validation of the Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire (SMTQ) (2009, methodology): “There were six stages to the data collection: Study 1 Stage 1: Item Development Using raw data themes and quotes from qualitative studies (see Crust, 2007), a corpus of sport-relevant items was de- veloped.”
- Mental toughness in sport (2019, background): “Crust (2007) noted that one point of contention in the literature had been related towhethermental toughness is conceptualized as an inherited, innate personality characteristic or if the acquisition ofmental toughness is believed to be due more to environmental factors and learning.”