The relationship between mental toughness and cognitive control: evidence from the item-method directed forgetting task

Dewhurst, Stephen A.; Anderson, Rachel J.; Howe, David; Clough, Peter J.

Abstract

Previous research by the authors found that mental toughness, as measured by the Mental Toughness Questionnaire 48 (MTQ48; Clough, P.J., Earle, K., & Sewell, D. [2002]. Mental toughness: the concept and its measurement. In I. Cockerill (Ed.), Solutions in sport psychology [pp. 32–43]. London: Thomson Publishing), was significantly associated with performance on the list-method directed forgetting task. The current study extends this finding to the item-method directed forgetting task in which the instruction to Remember or Forget is given after each item in the study list. A significant positive association was found between the correct recognition of Remember words and the emotional control subscale of the MTQ48. No significant associations were observed with other measures of mental toughness or personality. The findings are discussed in terms of the relationship between mental toughness and cognitive control.

Citation

Dewhurst, S. A., Anderson, R. J., Howe, D., & Clough, P. J. (2019). The relationship between mental toughness and cognitive control: evidence from the item-method directed forgetting task. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(5), 943-951. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3570

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 8, 2019
• Online Publication Date: May 15, 2019
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Deposit Date: May 9, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 16, 2020
• Journal: Applied Cognitive Psychology
• Print ISSN: 0888-4080
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 943-951
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3570
• Keywords: Mental toughness, cognitive control, directed forgetting
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/1761135
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.3570
• Contract Date: May 9, 2019