Developing mental toughness : strategies to improve performance, resilience and wellbeing in in individuals and organizations.

Praise for Developing Mental Toughness, Third Edition
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About The Contributors
Acknowledgements
01 Welcome to mental toughness
	The structure of this book
	Four fallacies about mental toughness
02 A brief history of mental toughness
	The Greeks and the Stoics
	Mental toughness and stress
	The AQR stress model
	The genesis of a modern-day understanding of mental toughness
	What, then, is mental toughness?
	The beginnings of mental toughness research
	The qualitative approach
	The psychometric approach
	Mental toughness in the 21st century
03 Developing the 4 Cs model
	Preliminary field research
	Development of the four-factor model
	Moving the model forward
04 The psychometric debates
	How do you measure something that cannot be observed?
	What makes a good psychometric questionnaire?
	A research tool or an applied tool?
05 The measures and their psychometric development
	The MTQ48
	The MTQPlus
	The MTQ4Cs
	Frequently asked questions
06 Control
	Life control
	Emotional control
	Are high levels of control always a strength?
	The psychological context of control
	The power of attributions
	Am I lucky or just mentally tough… or both?
	The control of emotions
07 Commitment
	Goal orientation
	Achievement orientation
	Are high levels of commitment always a strength?
	The psychological context of commitment
	Goal-setting
08 Challenge
	Risk orientation
	Learning orientation
	Are high levels of challenge always a strength?
	The psychological context of challenge
	A reflection on challenge
09 Confidence
	Confidence in abilities
	Interpersonal confidence
	Are high levels of confidence always a strength?
	The psychological context of confidence
10 Independence and interplay
	Digging deeper and understanding nuance in mental toughness
	What do we mean by independence of scales?
	Interplay between scales – digging deeper
11 Mental toughness and its relationships with some key models, ideas and challenges
	Mindset
	Learned optimism
	Hierarchy of needs
	Mental toughness, emotional intelligence and compassion
	Mental toughness and creativity
	Mental toughness and risk
	Thinking errors – are the mentally tough less prone to error?
	Summary
12 Mental toughness and the world of work
	Issues and outcomes
	Factors in the world of work – how can these valuable outcomes be achieved?
	Mental toughness and HR activities
	Summary
13 Employability
	Employability – what is this concept?
	Employability – what does this mean and where does mental toughness play a part?
	Employability factors – what does a good attitude entail?
	Self-employment, enterprise and entrepreneurship
14 Mental toughness and the world of education
	Primary education
	Secondary schools
	Further and higher education
	Some broad conclusions
15 Mental toughness and sport
	Competitive sport: The uncertainty lab
	Sport performance and mental toughness
	The 4 Cs and sport
	Developing mental toughness in or through sport
	Case studies
16 Mental toughness and its links to physical and mental health
	Mental toughness and physical health
	Does mental toughness impact on the development of physical fatigue?
	Do lower levels of mental toughness potentially reduce thelikelihood of people participating in exercise?
	Recovery from injury
	Mental toughness and diet
	Mental health
	Mental toughness and sleep
	Mental toughness and the Covid-19 pandemic
17 Can mental toughness be developed?
	Introduction
	The research psychologist’s perspective
	The practitioner’s perspective
	Developing mental toughness – guiding principles
18 Using the mental toughness model for coaching and mentoring
	Is there evidence for mental toughness and its effectiveness in coaching?
	How can a coach apply the mental toughness model in their work?
	The GROW coaching model
	Mental toughness and its application to coaches
	Summary
19 Positive thinking
	Learning to think positively
	Banishing negative thoughts
	Reframing negatives into positives
	Mindfulness
20 Visualization
	Visualizing success
	The psychological context of confidence development
	Positive psychology and mental toughness
21 Anxiety control and relaxation
	Introduction
	The Laura Mitchell relaxation method
	Other relaxation techniques
	The role of fitness
	The role of diet
	Biofeedback
22 Attentional control
	Understanding attentional control
	Attentional control and mental toughness
	Some simple tips, tools and techniques that work
	Interruptions and distractions
	Conclusions
23 Goal-setting
	How goal-setting works
	Aspects of goal-setting
	A psychological perspective on goal-setting
24 Developing people and organizations
	Optimizing the opportunity that mental toughness brings to this perennial challenge
References and Further Reading
Index