Mental Toughness Assessments
Discovering and developing mental toughness can help with sport, educational, health and social care as well as occupational and personal development. Mental toughness is defined as…
“The capacity for an individual to deal effectively with stressors, pressures and challenge and perform to the best of their abilities, irrespective of the circumstances in which they find themselves”. (Clough & Earle 2002)
“Mental Toughness is a personality trait which determines, in large part, how people respond to challenge, stress and pressure, irrespective of their circumstances”. (Clough & Strycharczyk 2012)
Other Modalities
Mental Toughness is NOT about…
- being a winner
- being macho or aggressive
- being uncaring or self centered.
- that everyone should be mentally tough
The opposite of Mental Toughness is NOT Mental Weakness BUT Mental Sensitivity...
Mental Toughness…
- is a personality trait and relatively plastic so it can change
- It also has a genetic component
- There is a relation between MT and body image and awareness
- There is a link between physical activity and increased MT.
- No gender differences
- Mentally tough people still have anxiety but can deal with it better
- They also tend to have lower levels of stress and depression
- Favourable sleeping patterns are linked with MT and optimism
- Negative relationship between MT and negative thinking
- MT is strongly related to optimism and self belief
- The use of imagery is a predictor of MT
- MT more likely to take risks
The MTQPlus
The Mental Toughness Questionnaire (MTQ) was developed in order to measure 8 factors; emotional control, life control, interpersonal confidence, confidence in abilities, goal & achievement motivation & learning and risk orientation. The MTQPlus is a 68 item questionnaire that provides a normative assessment of the 8 factors.
Overall we can see these two profiles have the same overall level of Mental Toughness. However you can see that the left one has a much more diverse range in scores when looking at the individual components of Mental Toughness. With this knowledge the areas for development can be easily seen.
MTQPlus and Development Report
The development report provides the scores with an explanation of what they mean and the possible implications. Plus development suggestions for each of the four component scales.
The MTQPlus can be purchased for individuals or for groups.
Order MTQPlus
If you would like to order an MTQPlus with Development Report, please fill out the order form.
You will receive an invoice and after payment you will set up to access the MTQPlus online.
Individual MTQPlus assessments with development report cost £87.00
For larger orders or for more information please get in touch with me for a quote.
Articles
