Mahoney John W, Gucciardi Daniel F, Ntoumanis Nikos, Mallett Cliff J
School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland.
J Sport Exerc Psychol. 2014 Jun;36(3):281-92. doi: 10.1123/jsep.2013-0260.
We argue that basic psychological needs theory (BPNT) offers impetus to the value of mental toughness as a mechanism for optimizing human functioning. We hypothesized that psychological needs satisfaction (thwarting) would be associated with higher (lower) levels of mental toughness, positive affect, and performance and lower (higher) levels of negative affect. We also expected that mental toughness would be associated with higher levels of positive affect and performance and lower levels of negative affect. Further, we predicted that coaching environments would be related to mental toughness indirectly through psychological needs and that psychological needs would indirectly relate with performance and affect through mental toughness. Adolescent cross-country runners (136 male and 85 female, M(age) = 14.36) completed questionnaires pertaining to BPNT variables, mental toughness, and affect. Race times were also collected. Our findings supported our hypotheses. We concluded that BPNT is generative in understanding some of the antecedents and consequences of mental toughness and is a novel framework useful for understanding mental toughness.
我们认为，基本心理需求理论（BPNT）为心理韧性作为优化人类机能的一种机制的价值提供了推动力。我们假设，心理需求的满足（受阻）将与更高（更低）水平的心理韧性、积极情绪和表现以及更低（更高）水平的消极情绪相关。我们还预期，心理韧性将与更高水平的积极情绪和表现以及更低水平的消极情绪相关。此外，我们预测，教练环境将通过心理需求与心理韧性间接相关，并且心理需求将通过心理韧性与表现和情绪间接相关。青少年越野跑运动员（136名男性和85名女性，平均年龄 = 14.36岁）完成了与BPNT变量、心理韧性和情绪相关的问卷。还收集了比赛时间。我们的研究结果支持了我们的假设。我们得出结论，BPNT在理解心理韧性的一些前因后果方面具有启发性，并且是一个有助于理解心理韧性的新颖框架。
