Mental Toughness and Coping Skills in Male Sprinters
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Title: | Mental Toughness and Coping Skills in Male Sprinters |
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Authors: | Beckford, Tanielle S. | Poudevigne, Melanie | Irving, Rachael R. | Golden, Kerith D. |
Keywords: | Sprinters | Mental skills | Male athletes | Performances |
Knowledge Area: | Educación Física y Deportiva |
Issue Date: | 2016 |
Publisher: | Universidad de Alicante. Área de Educación Física y Deporte |
Citation: | Journal of Human Sport and Exercise. 2016,11(3): 338-347. doi:10.14198/jhse.2016.113.01 |
Abstract: | The predictive quality of psychological skills in relation to sports and more specifically track and field athletes continues to be explored. Purpose: To profile psychological adaptations in Jamaican male sprinters and to assess the differences between elite and sub-elite athletes. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 30 male participants who were grouped based on previous athletic achievement into the elite group and sub-elite group. Following a simulated competitive run; the athletes completed the Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 and the Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48. Results: The elite athletes exhibited greater mental toughness than the sub-elite group and coping skills were a significant predictor of mental toughness. Conclusion: Assessment of psychological skills may distinguish elite from sub-elite athletes. |
URI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2016.113.01 | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/65031 |
ISSN: | 1988-5202 |
DOI: | 10.14198/jhse.2016.113.01 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://www.jhse.ua.es/ |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2016, Vol. 11, No. 3 |
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