Professor Stephen Dewhurst S.Dewhurst@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Cognitive Psychology
Identifying the cognitive basis of mental toughness: Evidence from the directed forgetting paradigm
Dewhurst, Stephen A.; Anderson, Rachel J.; Cotter, Grace; Crust, Lee; Clough, Peter J.
Authors
Dr Rachel Anderson Rachel.Anderson@hull.ac.uk
Reader/Graduate Research Director
Grace Cotter
Lee Crust
Peter J. Clough
Abstract
The concept of mental toughness has been found to be related to outcome performance measures in sport and other competitive situations. Despite this, little attention has been devoted to understanding the cognitive mechanisms that underlie mental toughness. The current study attempted to identify the cognitive underpinnings of mental toughness using the directed forgetting paradigm, in which participants are given a surprise memory test for material they were previously instructed to forget. Regression analyses showed that mental toughness, as measured by the MTQ48 (Clough, Earle, & Sewell, 2002), did not influence the recall of a to-be-forgotten list, but participants with high mental toughness showed better recall of a to-be-remembered list following instructions to forget the previous list. The superior recall of the to-be-remembered list suggests that mentally tough individuals have an enhanced ability to prevent unwanted information from interfering with current goals. These findings support the proposal that cognitive inhibition is one of the mechanisms underpinning mental toughness.
Citation
Dewhurst, S. A., Anderson, R. J., Cotter, G., Crust, L., & Clough, P. J. (2012). Identifying the cognitive basis of mental toughness: Evidence from the directed forgetting paradigm. Personality and individual differences, 53(5), 587-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.036
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 24, 2012 |
Online Publication Date | May 23, 2012 |
Publication Date | 2012-10 |
Journal | PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES |
Print ISSN | 0191-8869 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 53 |
Issue | 5 |
Pages | 587-590 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.04.036 |
Keywords | Cognitive inhibition; Directed forgetting; Mental toughness |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/417642 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886912002188?via%3Dihub |
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