Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
The MTQ-48 assesses total MT and comprises four dimensions: challenge, commitment, confidence (subdivided into two components; interpersonal and own ability) and control (partitioned into two components; emotional and life). The MTQ-18 and MTQ-10 use items drawn directly from the MTQ-48.
Content
Grades
11th Grade,
12th Grade,
Post secondary
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
Not indicated
Administration
Computer
Access and Use
Price
Mental Toughness Starter Kit -$1243.22
-Includes 1 MTQ online user training, 2 MTQ48 practice assessments, 1 Mental Toughness development kit, 20 MTQ48 Assessments
Price per assessment depending on order size:
-5 or less-$58.59
-6 to 50-$51.04
-51-100-$45.15
-101-250-$39.26
-251-1000-$35.99
Contact
Author: Peter Clough at P.Clough@hud.ac.uk or p.clough@mmu.ac.uk
Open Access
No
Use in Research
Gerber, M., Kalak, N., Lemola, S., Clough, P. J., Pühse, U., Elliot, C., Holsboer-Trachsler, E., & Brand, S. (2012). Adolescents' exercise and physical activity are associated with mental toughness. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 5(1), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2012.02.004
Gerber, M., Kalak, N., Lemola, S., Clough, P. J., Perry, J. L., Pühse, U., Elliot, C., Holsboer-Trachsler, E., & Brand, S. (2013). Are adolescents with high mental toughness levels more resilient against stress? Stress and Health, 29(2), 164-171. https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2447
Nicholls, A. R., Polman, R. C., Levy, A. R., & Backhouse, S. H. (2008). Mental toughness, optimism, pessimism, and coping among athletes. Personality and Individual Differences, 44(5), 1182-1192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2007.11.011
Nicholls, A. R., Polman, R. C., Levy, A. R., & Backhouse, S. H. (2009). Mental toughness in sport: Achievement level, gender, age, experience, and sport type differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 47(1), 73-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2009.02.006
Psychometrics
Scoring
Computer scoring
Referencing
Criterion-referenced
Psychometric References
Gucciardi, D. F., Hanton, S., & Mallett, C. J. (2012). Progressing measurement in mental toughness: A case example of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, 1(3), 194. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0027190
Perry, J. L., Clough, P. J., Crust, L., Earle, K., & Nicholls, A. R. (2013). Factorial validity of the Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(5), 587-592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.11.020
Item Type
Likert
