Delf beleid, remaining motivated, persistente, withstanding criticism, coping with adversity
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What is Jones et al's definition of mental toughness?
Have a natural or developed edge over opponents to cope better and be consistently better at remaining determined, focused, confident and in control under pressure
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What are the 4 C's of mental toughness?
Control, commitment, conference and challenge
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What are the 2 branches of confidence in MT?
In abilities (intellectual toolkit) and interpersonal (how much a person is prepared to exert themselves)
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What are the 2 branches of control in MT?
Life (extent they believe they can shape what happens to them) and emotional (control of emotions and anxiety ect.)
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What does Jones et al's framework of mental toughness aim to show?
That although it is important to have mental toughness in competition situations, mental toughness is important in general attitude, training and post competition (how someone handles failure/success)
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Give 5 key attributes of mental toughness?
Self belief, motivation, control, resilience, thriving on pressure
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What do Jackman et al say about mental toughness?
It is directly linked to the feeling of flow in sport
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What did Crust and Clough find in their study of MT?
It is directly linked to a person's pain tolerance
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What did Swann et al find about climbers and MT?
Mentally tough climbers can put emotions on hold and are less likely to dwell following a disaster
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What does Fletchers model for MT and stress suggest?
The relevance of attributes of mental toughness depend on a combination of personal, behavioural and organisational stressors that are encountered in specific situations. These attributes moderate the relationship between stressors and responses.
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What did Clough et al find about genetics in MT?
Brain structure differs between people who are highly mentally tough and people who aren't.
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What did Thelwell at al say about MT?
It can be taught through things such as sibling rivalry when growing up.
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What is a strategy to improve control?
Training with distractions
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What is a strategy to improve confidence?
Imagining yourself succeeding in a situation you find challenging
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What is a strategy to improve commitment?
Goal setting and achievement
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What is a strategy to improve challenge?
Increase familiarity with change eg. new challenges in training
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What are the drawbacks to having too much MT?
Can cause over commitment which leads often to injury. Less compliance during rehabilitation. Cause people who do high risk sports to put themselves in danger.
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Give 3 quantitative methods of investigating MT
1. Mental toughness 48 (clough et al) 2. Mental toughness inventory (middleton et al) 3. MT scale (lane et al)
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What is Jones et al's definition of mental toughness?
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Have a natural or developed edge over opponents to cope better and be consistently better at remaining determined, focused, confident and in control under pressure
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