Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ

Background Stress resistance is very substantial and interesting for scientists, competitors, coaches, and psychologists. The main aim of the article was the psychometric examination of mental toughness in the sport questionnaire (MTSQ). Participants and procedure The group of participants c...

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Main Author: Jacek Przybylski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Termedia Publishing House 2017-12-01
Series:Current Issues in Personality Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.termedia.pl/Mental-toughness-in-sport-questionnaire-MTSQ,75,31279,1,1.html
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description Background Stress resistance is very substantial and interesting for scientists, competitors, coaches, and psychologists. The main aim of the article was the psychometric examination of mental toughness in the sport questionnaire (MTSQ). Participants and procedure The group of participants consisted of athletes presenting different levels of experience: Olympians, first-league, national team: N = 421 athletes, including 190 women and 231 men, age M = 20.40, SD = 5.30. Test procedure: 124 statements were selected for exploratory factor analysis with the method of main components with rotation of intercorrelational orthogonal factors. It was used in order to check the factor structure of the tool and for the clear interpretation of isolated factors. As a result of the validation, 42 statements were finally selected measuring three dimensions of mental toughness. Each subscale consisted of 14 items. Next the reliability and the validity of the questionnaire were analysed. Results The three-factor structure of the measured model of stress resistance accurately reflects the relation among stress resistances factors. Individual scales, at least mutually correlated, present accurate and reliable operationalisation of dimensions of the stress resistance. Conclusions The mental toughness in sport questionnaire (MTSQ) presents accurate and reliable operationalisation of stress resistance dimensions.
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spelling doaj.art-519c9e9cabcc4fe1a26385917a41927b2022-12-22T03:43:23ZengTermedia Publishing HouseCurrent Issues in Personality Psychology2353-41922353-561X2017-12-0161677810.5114/cipp.2018.7219931279Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQJacek PrzybylskiBackground Stress resistance is very substantial and interesting for scientists, competitors, coaches, and psychologists. The main aim of the article was the psychometric examination of mental toughness in the sport questionnaire (MTSQ). Participants and procedure The group of participants consisted of athletes presenting different levels of experience: Olympians, first-league, national team: N = 421 athletes, including 190 women and 231 men, age M = 20.40, SD = 5.30. Test procedure: 124 statements were selected for exploratory factor analysis with the method of main components with rotation of intercorrelational orthogonal factors. It was used in order to check the factor structure of the tool and for the clear interpretation of isolated factors. As a result of the validation, 42 statements were finally selected measuring three dimensions of mental toughness. Each subscale consisted of 14 items. Next the reliability and the validity of the questionnaire were analysed. Results The three-factor structure of the measured model of stress resistance accurately reflects the relation among stress resistances factors. Individual scales, at least mutually correlated, present accurate and reliable operationalisation of dimensions of the stress resistance. Conclusions The mental toughness in sport questionnaire (MTSQ) presents accurate and reliable operationalisation of stress resistance dimensions.https://www.termedia.pl/Mental-toughness-in-sport-questionnaire-MTSQ,75,31279,1,1.htmlstress sport psychology mental toughness
spellingShingle Jacek Przybylski
Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ
Current Issues in Personality Psychology
stress
sport psychology
mental toughness
title Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ
title_full Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ
title_fullStr Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ
title_full_unstemmed Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ
title_short Mental toughness in sport questionnaire – MTSQ
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topic stress
sport psychology
mental toughness
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