Mental toughness in sport

• DOI: 10.1007/s12662-019-00603-3
• Publication Date: 2019-07-17T13:02:31Z
• Authors: Guo Chen Liew; Garry Kuan; Ngien Siong Chin; Hairul Anuar Hashim
• Keywords: Mental Toughness

Mental toughness refers to a collection of psychological characteristic which are central optimal performance. Athletes, coaches, and sport psychologists have consistently implicated mental as one the most important characteristics related success in sports. Over last few decades, numerous studies been conducted examine role sporting success. However, its conceptualization measurement without consensus. The purpose this study is systematically review some emerging definitions conceptualizations, how could be nurtured. This considers both qualitative quantitative approaches with specific focus on models development construct. Although these discussions center general aspects toughness, we believe many issues relevance scholars practitioners who interested variables they pertain sport, exercise, other performance or achievement contexts.