Towards an understanding of mental toughness in Australian football
Towards an understanding of mental toughness in Australian football
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DOI：
10.1080/10413200801998556
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Dimmock, James A.
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作者：
Gucciardi, Daniel F.;Gordon, Sandy;Dimmock, James A.
一个人的建构心理学（PCP;凯利，1955/1991）的框架，试图揭示一个整体的理解心理韧性的背景下，澳大利亚足球。十一名男性教练（M年龄= 42，SD = 9.62），相当大的发挥和教练经验的精英水平进行了采访，使用PCP为基础的采访协议。转录逐字数据进行了分析，使用扎根理论程序。三个独立的类别（特征，情况，行为）归纳得出，并集成到一个模型中，强调了理解每个组件的重要性。还强调了这三个核心类别之间的关系。结果确定了关键的心理特征和他们的对比，以及那些需要心理韧性的情况下，心理坚韧的足球运动员通常表现出的行为。在这三个类别的背景下，澳大利亚足球的心理韧性可以被认为是对逆境的缓冲，但也是促进和保持适应其他挑战性情况的有利因素的集合。的研究结果的实际意义进行了讨论，并侧重于有关问题，以提高和/或发展心理韧性。
A personal construct psychology (PCP; Kelly, 1955/1991) framework was employed in an attempt to reveal a holistic understanding of mental toughness in the context of Australian Football. Eleven male coaches (M age = 42, SD = 9.62) with considerable playing and coaching experience at the elite level were interviewed using a PCP-based interview protocol. Transcribed verbatim data were analyzed using grounded theory procedures. Three independent categories (characteristics, situations, behaviors) were inductively derived and integrated into a model in which the importance of understanding each component individually was emphasized. The relationship between these three central categories was also highlighted. Results identified the key mental characteristics and their contrasts together with those situations that demand mental toughness, and the behaviors commonly displayed by mentally tough footballers. Conceptualized in the context of these three categories, mental toughness in Australian Football can be considered as a buffer against adversity but also as a collection of enabling factors that promote and maintain adaptation to other challenging situations. Practical implications of the findings are discussed and focus on issues pertaining to enhancing and/or developing mental toughness.