期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2012
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：639-658
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：The purpose of this study is to examine the mental toughness perceived by selected the National football players. A sample of twelve Malaysian footballers (current and ex-players), aged 19 to 57 years old agreed to participate. All of them have been playing in the Malaysia National Football League that consists of four former national footballers, four former state footballers and four currently active footballers. Among them, five individuals are active as a coach. A semi-structure interview scheduled was used in the research. All of the respondents have signed the informed consent letter for tape-recorded during the interviewed. The transcribed verbatim from the tapes were content analyzed by the authors to identify the themes. Results show that eight themes emerged from the interviews, which are motivation, negative energy, self-confidence, positive energy, visual and imagery control, patriotic spirit, perseverance and attention control. Almost all of the themes have been identified by previous researchers (i.e., Fourie & Potgieter, 2001; Jones, Hanton & Connoughton, 2002; 2007; and Loehr, 1986), except for patriotic and perseverance. Recommendations for further research also suggested.
关键词：Mental Toughness; Football players; Motivation; Patriotic Spirit and ;perseverance
