School of Exercise and Nutrition Science, Faculty of Health Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
The University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.
J Sports Sci. 2022 Nov;40(21):2412-2423. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2022.2162239. Epub 2023 Jan 22.
In the last decade, mental toughness (MT) researchers have been interested in the behaviours exemplifying MT. Despite this interest, little attention has been paid to the competitive situations these behaviours occur in. Hence, the aim of the current study was to start addressing this gap by comprehensively focusing on the situations requiring MT in sport - specifically, the contextual demands linked to MT in women's Australian rules football. Focus groups and individual semi-structured interviews were conducted at two Australian rules football clubs after each competitive round of the 2020 season. Following analysis of participant responses, three broad situational categories were created, representing the psychological demands required by the player or team to successfully overcome in-game challenges. These categories were: context intelligence, attentional regulation, and emotional regulation. This study identified that situations requiring MT also required a degree of acceptance and commitment - alluding to a potential link between acceptance-commitment therapy (ACT) and MT. Conceptually, this view offers a new perspective on the psychological process of being mentally tough in competition. The link between ACT and MT also offers an avenue for MT development. Recommendations are made for incorporating these identified situations into regular training sessions following affective learning design principles.
在过去的十年中，心理韧性（MT）研究人员一直对体现 MT 的行为感兴趣。尽管对此很感兴趣，但很少有人关注这些行为发生的竞争情况。因此，本研究的目的是通过全面关注运动中需要 MT 的情况来开始解决这一差距-具体来说，是与女子澳式足球中 MT 相关的情境需求。在 2020 赛季的每一轮比赛后，在两个澳式足球俱乐部进行了焦点小组和个人半结构化访谈。对参与者的反应进行分析后，创建了三个广泛的情境类别，代表了球员或团队需要成功克服比赛中挑战所需的心理需求。这些类别是：情境智能，注意力调节和情绪调节。本研究表明，需要 MT 的情境还需要一定程度的接受和承诺-暗示接受承诺疗法（ACT）和 MT 之间存在潜在联系。从概念上讲，这种观点为竞争中具有坚韧心理的心理过程提供了新的视角。ACT 和 MT 之间的联系也为 MT 的发展提供了途径。建议根据情感学习设计原则，将这些确定的情况纳入常规训练课程中。
