Development and preliminary validation of a mental toughness inventory for Australian football

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Mental Toughness and Success in Sport: A Review and Prospect (2017, background): “Collectively, these findings support the commonly held belief that mentally tougher athletes tend to be more successful [2, 39, 45].”
Evaluation of a Mental Toughness Training Program for Youth-Aged Australian Footballers: I. A Quantitative Analysis (2009, background): “…made up of multiple key components including values, attitudes, cognitions, emotions, and behaviors that refer to an individual’s ability to thrive through both positively (e.g., winning streak) and negatively (e.g., injury) construed challenges, pressures, and adversities (Gucciardi et al. 2009b).”
Advancing mental toughness research and theory using personal construct psychology (2009, background): “In particular, a key challenge for future research is to develop valid and reliable measures (eg, Gucciardi, Gordon, & Dimmock, 2009 ) that will facilitate investigations of the functions of the key mental toughness constructs with the cycle of experience.”