Relationship between athletic coping skills and mental toughness among badminton players in Manipur
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The objective of the study was to explore whether there is any significant relationship between athletic coping skills and mental toughness among badminton players in Manipur, India. A Convenience sampling method was employed to select a total of 20 (Male = 16 and Female = 04) badminton players from the National Sports University of Manipur who had participated at the district level. They were aged between 18 and 25 years. Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28, developed by Smith et al. (1995) was used to assess athlete's psychological skills and the Mental Toughness Questionnaire-48, developed by Clough et al., (2002) was used for measuring Mental Toughness among athletes. From Pearson’s Correlation analysis, a significant negative correlation at p = .05 level was found between the subscale of Athletic Coping Skills Inventory namely coachability and confidence ability, a subscale of Mental Toughness with r = -.491*. The findings of the present study suggest that as the athletic coping skills namely coachability increase, there will be a decrease in the Subscale of Mental Toughness named confidence ability.
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