Relationship between Mental Toughness and Sports Commitment of Athletes in Team and Individual Fields

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mental toughness and sport commitment of team and individual athletes. For this purpose, 196 athletes were selected through available sampling method from team and individual sport fields. The Sport commitment (Scanlan et al., 1993) and mental toughness questionnaires (Clough et al., 2002) were completed by participants. The results of Pearson correlation showed that there was a significant relationship between mental toughness and sport commitment among athletes in both team and individual sports, and the relationship between mental toughness and sport commitment in individual sports was higher than team sports. In addition, the results of multivariate regression showed that mental toughness can significantly predicted sport commitment. Based on the findings, the results point to the importance of mental toughness in athletes sport commitment. Therefore, the athletes sport commitment can be improved through the growth of mental toughness.