Developing Mental Toughness: Lessons from Paralympians
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Developing Mental Toughness: Lessons from Paralympians
Mental toughness (MT) is a key psychological variable related to perseverance and success in performance domains. MT and its development has been explored across a range of contexts and across different sports, but no research to date has examined MT in relation to Paralympic athletes. We sought to understand the lived-experiences of mentally tough Paralympians, aiming to conceptualize MT in a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Psychology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1664-1078
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01270