期刊名称：Ovidius University Annals, Series Physical Education and Sport/Science, Movement and Health
印刷版ISSN：1224-7359
出版年度：2012
卷号：12
期号：2
页码：193-198
语种：English
出版社：Ovidius University Press
摘要：Mental toughness is an attribute that is often associated with successful performance in competitions.Mental toughness and its importance in competitive Sports have been documented in literature (A.S.Goldberg,1998;K.Hodge,1994;J.Tunney,1987;R.M.Williams,1988).In sports,many things are left to chance as,sports are predictably unpredictable.Sports persons who enter the competitive arena soon realize that there is more to competition than simply learning the physical skills.It is one thing to possess the physical and mental skills and yet another to be able to use them when needed.Every athletic contest is a contest of control of the delicate mind-body connection,which is dramatically clear within the competitive arena (J.E.Loehr,1982).Purpose: 1.To compare the mental toughness between King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) Judo and Karate teams;2.To compare the mental toughness between KFUPM Swimming and Track & Field teams.Methods A total of 26 players who are part of KFUPM Judo,Karate,Swimming and Track & Field University teams (2011-12) with age ranging from 18-20 years were selected as subjects for study and were divided into four groups namely;Judo (N= 6),Karate (N= 5),Swimming (N= 8) and Track & Field (N= 7).Mental toughness questionnaire of Tiwari and Sharma (2006) was administered to the subjects.The questionnaire consists of 48 statements and has six sub- scales namely: Self Confidence,Attention Control,Motivation,Goal Setting,Visual Imagery and Attitude Control.T- Test was applied to compare means between the groups.Statistical significance was set at 0.05 levels.Results T- Test failed to reveal significant difference on mental toughness (MT) between KFUPM Judo and Karate teams (p =.7 >.05).T-Test also failed to reveal significant difference on MT between KFUPM Swimming and Track & Field teams (p =.122 >.05).T-Test revealed significant difference on Self Confidence between KFUPM Swimming and Track & Field teams (p =.039 <.05),Track & Field team scored significantly higher on Self Confidence (M±SD = 30.71 ± 3.7) than Swimming team (M±SD = 26.1 ± 4.01).No significant difference were found on other sub- scales (Attention Control,Motivation,Goal Setting,Visual Imagery and Attitude Control) of mental toughness between Judo & Karate Teams and Swimming & Track & Field teams.Discussion No significant difference was found on Overall Mental Toughness and its sub- scales between Judo and Karate team members of KFUPM.This could be largely due the similar nature of both the sports.Significant differences were not found on overall mental toughness and its sub scales except self-confidence between swimming and track & field team members of KFUPM.Track & Field team members of KFUPM found to be more self-confident as compared to swimming team members.Team preparation and training prior to competition could have increased the self-confidence of track & field team.According to L.C.Green and J.Wildman (2003) mentally tough athletes will be successful in accomplishing their goals and their confidence may be derived from past performance successes and mental and physical preparations,encouragement from coaches and peers.
