The effect of Mental Toughness on the relationship between irrational performance beliefs and trait anxiety levels of Turkish athletes: a mediation analysis

 

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Yazarlar: Ahmad Ali, Zabehulla, Karagozoglu, Cengiz
Materyal Türü: artículo original
Durum:Versión publicada
Yayın Tarihi:2026
Diğer Bilgiler:PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to examine the mediating effect of mental toughness in the relationship between irrational performance beliefs and trait anxiety in individual and team athletes. METHODOLOGY: A total of 452 licensed athletes, including 150 females (X_age= 20.07 ± 2.20), 302 males (X_age = 20.35 ±3.64), 18 years old and above, who do individual and team sports in the province of Istanbul, participated in the study. "Irrational Performance Beliefs Inventory-2 (APIE-2)", "Sports Anxiety Scale 2 (SAS-2)", "Scale of Mental Toughness in Sports (SCI)" and "Personal Information Form" were applied to the participants. In the analysis of the data, correlation and regression analyses and mediation analysis were performed. RESULTS: The findings showed that mental toughness mediated significantly in the relationship between irrational performance beliefs and trait anxiety. In addition, a significant relationship was observed between irrational performance beliefs, disintegration and commitment sub-dimensions of mental toughness, and trait anxiety. As a result, all subdimensions of irrational beliefs that are intertwined with the emotions, minds and thoughts of the athletes are among the subdimensions of mental toughness, which is expressed as the ability to recover against the negative thoughts and pressures encountered during the performance process, to try to reach the determined goals and to stick to their goals despite the disintegration and difficult conditions. CONCLUSION: It is observed that the subdimensions of commitment and the athletes' trait anxiety play a role in determining the distraction subdimension and the general level.
Ülke:Portal de Revistas UCR
Kurum:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Dil:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/118
Online Erişim:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rpem/article/view/118
Anahtar Kelime:mental training
physical training & conditioning
performance anxiety
psychology of athletes
entrenamiento mental
entrenamiento físico y acondicionamiento
ansiedad por desempeño
psicología del atleta
treinamento mental
treinamento e condicionamento físico
ansiedade de desempenho
psicologia do atleta