An Analysis of Mental Toughness Between Successful and Unsuccessful Athletes in Track and Field

Jaswinder  Singh

doi:10.51611/iars.irj.v10i1.2020.109

Authors

Jaswinder Singh Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51611/iars.irj.v10i1.2020.109

Keywords:

Mental Toughness, Sports Psychology

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare the Mental Toughness between successful and unsuccessful athletes in Track and Field. A total of 100 track and field athlete’s aged ranged from 18 to 25 yrs. was randomly selected during all India Inter-university athletic meet. The participant included 50 successful athletes who have won any medal in all India inter-university throughout their life and 50 unsuccessful athletes who have not won a single medal in any of the competition in all India university level. A questionnaire developed by (PPI; Loehr, 1986) Mental toughness: Psychological Performance Inventory was used to assess the mental toughness of successful and unsuccessful athletes in Track and Field. The obtained data was analyzed by using statistical software (SPSS 17 version). The mean, standard deviation along with t-test has been functional to ensure the difference between samples mean of two group i.e. successful and unsuccessful athletes in track and field at a level of significance 0.05 and after analyzed the obtained data it was found that the mental toughness of successful athletes is comparatively higher than unsuccessful athletes in Track and Field.

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