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- Title
Mental Toughness and Resilience in Trail Runner's Performance.
- Authors
Gameiro, Nuno; Rodrigues, Filipe; Antunes, Raúl; Matos, Rui; Amaro, Nuno; Jacinto, Miguel; Monteiro, Diogo
- Abstract
Our purpose with this study was to analyze trail runners' psychological variables of mental toughness (MT) and resilience, and their associations with runners' performances within a quantitative cross-sectional study. In total, we analyzed data from 307 Portuguese trail runners (60 female, 247 male), aged between 20 to 66 years (M age = 41.98; SD = 7.74). The results showed that the measurement model, including the factors of MT, resilience, and performance variables, exhibited an adequate fit to the data: χ 2 = 150.01 (74); BS-p =.003; CFI=.953; TLI =.942; RMSEA =.058 90% (.045,.071) and SRMR=.042. Standardized direct effects revealed positive associations between these variables. More specifically: (a) MT was significantly associated with resilience; and (b) resilience was significantly associated with performance. The indirect regression paths showed that MT was positively associated with performance, with resilience considered a possible mediator (β =.09 IC =.010,.168; p =.02). In total, considering direct and indirect effects, the model explained 21% of performance variance among trail runners.
- Subjects
PORTUGAL; ATHLETIC ability &; psychology; RUNNER'S high; CROSS-sectional method; MENTAL health; QUANTITATIVE research; REGRESSION analysis; RISK assessment; SPORTS psychology; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; RESEARCH funding; PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience
- Publication
Perceptual & Motor Skills, 2023, Vol 130, Issue 3, p1202
- ISSN
0031-5125
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00315125231165819