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Mental toughness
- 1. An Introduction to MENTAL TOUGHNESS Assessment and Evaluation Measures
- 2. What is MENTAL TOUGHNESS? “A personality trait which determines in large part how people deal with challenge, stressors and pressure .... irrespective of prevailing circumstances” Clough and Strycharczyk
- 3. What is MENTAL TOUGHNESS? Being Mentally Tough is being comfortable with who you are equips you with confidence and resilience encourages you to be the best you can be enables you to see challenges as opportunities
- 4. What MENTAL TOUGHNESS isn’t ? I wanna be super MACHO MAN
- 5. Sport Health Education The Origins of Mental Toughness
- 6. Mental Toughness Is Important Performance – explains up to 25% of the variation in attainment Behaviour – more engaged, more positive, more “can do” Wellbeing – more contentment, better stress management, less bullying Change – more positive towards change and new opportunities
- 7. MTQ48 simple online psychometric measure Developed by Professor Peter Clough, a world- leading academic in applied psychology. Comprises “the four C’s” of Mental Toughness Scales of 1-10 Mental Toughness Can Be Measured
- 8. The Four C’s MENTAL TOUGHNESS has four scales: Control Commitment Challenge Confidence
- 9. Control CAN DO There are two sub-scales: – Life-Control – Emotional Control Control describes the extent to which you: are in control of your life and circumstances; can control the display of your emotions; can “get on with it “ irrespective of how you feel.
- 10. Commitment STICK-ABILITY Commitment describes the extent to which you: set goals and targets; make measurable promises to yourself and others; do everything you can to achieve the goals and targets.
- 11. Challenge DRIVE Challenge describes the extent to which you: push back on boundaries; embrace change and accept risk; view challenges, change and adversity as opportunities rather than threats; relish new situations and challenges.
- 12. Confidence SELF BELIEF There are two sub-scales: ▪ Confidence in Abilities ▪ Interpersonal Confidence Confidence describes the extent to which you: have self-belief in your own abilities; can influence others especially during conflict and challenge.
- 13. Mental Toughness – Is Gender a Factor?
- 14. Resilience Is An Aspect of Mental Toughness Resilience is the ability to deal with adverse situations and still complete goals and targets Resilience in MTQ48 is defined by Control and Commitment Mental Toughness adds two more positive components: ◦ Challenge; and ◦ Confidence
- 15. How Does This Fit Into Current Thinking? Carol Dweck Matthew Syed Martin Seligman Paul Tough Jim Collins – “Good to Great” Warren Bennis - Leadership
- 17. Validity MTQ48 is valid as it measures what it claims. The BPS (British Psychological Society) and the US DOL both say that a good Concurrent Validity score should exceed 0.30 Scores rarely exceed 0.40 All scales in MTQ48 score between 0.30 and 0.42
- 19. Reliability MTQ48 is highly reliable as it is consistent All scales exceed the acceptable level of reliability (0.70) and the reliability of the overall instrument is based on a database of 8000. Scales Alpha Challenge 0.71 Commitment 0.71 Control 0.73 Confidence 0.80 OVERALL MENTAL TOUGHNESS 0.90
- 20. Developing Mental Toughness Is A Complete Process Understanding the Concept MTQ48 Assessment Interventions and Development Evaluation
- 21. Interventions and Development Positive Thinking Visualisation Anxiety Control Attentional Control Goal Setting Test Results and Feedback
- 22. Applications Organisational Development Leadership Development Staff Development Recruitment and Selection Student Development MT Development Program Accredited User Coaching / Workshops External / Internal
- 23. MTQ48 Important Facts Valid and reliable Easy to use Available in 14 languages Range of reports Affordable
Editor's Notes
- At an organisational level it describes a key element of culture It’s universal – it’s applicable in many walks of life
- There is a strong positive theme in MT
- It is NOT about being …. Macho Domineering Aggressive
- Transition – Managing Change – Leadership – Career Management – Employability - Attainment – Retention
- Which combine to provide an overall measure of Mental Toughness - think of these as aspects of mindset.
- When asked to do something, is your default response: I can do it … without needing to check if it is possible I’ll stay in control of my emotions
- When asked to do something to a target by a certain time and date do you instinctively think: I’ll go for that and I’ll do what it takes; or I’ll never manage that – I’ll look stupid when I fail.
- When asked to do something significant or challenging is your immediate response to say: That’s great – I look forward to stretching myself and taking a risk; or Whatever happens, I will learn form that experience – good or bad… and next time I will do it better.
- When doing something and you face a problem, is your default response: I have the capability to plough on; I’ll deal with those who get in my way.
- Generally patterns of results for male and females in our European data are statistically the same! Interesting observation within the confidence scale
- CAROL DWECK - Professor at Stanford University in USA MINDSET – defined as character, heart, will, etc. There are two mindsets: Fixed mindset vs growth (flexible) mindset MARTIN SELIGMMAN - The “father” of Positive Psychology. There are two types of people – pessimists and optimists. Learned helplessness vs learned optimism PAUL TOUGH US Author of “How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character” perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, self-control and early intervention He calls these aspects of Character MATTHEW SYED - Elite Athlete and author of ‘Bounce’ Talent is based on hard work and application and much less so on innate ability JIM COLLINS - Author of “Good to Great” Confront the brutal facts – never lose faith. Collins called this “Hardiness” – This is exactly the same as Mental Toughness
- The Mental Toughness model is a complete process Understanding – the model provides a structure around which to assess an important requirement for performance and wellbeing. Diagnosis – the measure enables diagnosis, assessment and measurement at a useful level – the 4Cs What are my issues? What are their implications? What will I seek to develop/improve? Where is it best to start? Interventions – ability to direct interventions better and to select appropriate interventions –works with any intervention strategies. Evaluation – the ability to measure change and to relate it to action. Really important
- Positive thinking – affirmations, think three positives, turning negatives into positives, etc Visualisation – guided imaging, using your head to practice, etc Anxiety Control – relaxation techniques, breathing, etc Attentional Control – focus, dealing with interruptions Goal setting – SMART, balancing goals, how to deal with big goals, etc The test itself + feedback – people respond to the feedback These all help to develop the capability to deal with stress, pressure and challenge and, where appropriate, to cope with these.
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