Relationship of Mental Toughness with Deterioration in Injured Professional Athletes

Document Type : Original research

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1 Department of Physical Education & sport Science, Almahdi mehr Isfahan Higher Education institute, Isfahan, Iran.

2 MSc. Sport psychology, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Khomeinishahr Branch. Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

3 MSc. Sport psychology, Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch. Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

The descriptive methodology was used to investigate the relationship between mental toughness and athlete burnout in injured professional athletes. The available sample was consisted of 142 professional injured athletes, aged from 15 to 35 in different fields. Data collection was performed based on mental toughness and athlete burnout questionnaires. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, simple regression and t-test. The results indicated that athletic mental toughness with a correlation coefficient of -0.42 had a negative strong correlation with the athlete burnout of injured athletes. The regression showed, 18% of athlete burnout variance which is explained by the variance of mental toughness. Independent t-test confirmed the significant difference between mental toughness and athlete burnout of injured male and female athletes. It can be concluded that athletes with higher mental toughness have less chance of athlete burnout during the period of injury.
 

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 7, Issue 26
March 2019
Pages 133-150

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  • Receive Date: 06 April 2018
  • Revise Date: 07 August 2018
  • Accept Date: 14 August 2018

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