TY - JOUR
T1 - Competition anxiety, motivation, and mental toughness in golf
AU - Schaefer, Jordan
AU - Vella, Stewart A.
AU - Allen, Mark S.
AU - Magee, Christopher A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Copyright & Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2016/4/19
Y1 - 2016/4/19
N2 - The purpose of this study was to examine whether one's profile of motivation was associated with competition anxiety through mental toughness among 173 competitive golfers (164 men, 9 women). Latent profile analysis identified three distinct motivation profiles (high, moderate, and low motivation). Multicategorical mediation models demonstrated that athletes reporting low or moderate levels of motivation had higher levels of competition anxiety, with these associations partially mediated by lower levels of mental toughness. These findings would permit practitioners to better understand motivation, mental toughness, and competition anxiety symptoms, and their associations.
AB - The purpose of this study was to examine whether one's profile of motivation was associated with competition anxiety through mental toughness among 173 competitive golfers (164 men, 9 women). Latent profile analysis identified three distinct motivation profiles (high, moderate, and low motivation). Multicategorical mediation models demonstrated that athletes reporting low or moderate levels of motivation had higher levels of competition anxiety, with these associations partially mediated by lower levels of mental toughness. These findings would permit practitioners to better understand motivation, mental toughness, and competition anxiety symptoms, and their associations.
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U2 - 10.1080/10413200.2016.1162219
DO - 10.1080/10413200.2016.1162219
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964402845
SN - 1041-3200
VL - 28
SP - 309
EP - 320
JO - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
JF - Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
IS - 3
ER -