Mental Toughness and Character Building through Sports

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the level of application on mental toughness and character building of athletes and coaches in Pampanga along with the socio-demographic profile of the respondents. The degree of effect of mental toughness and character building was determined and whether there exists a correlation between mental toughness and character building.

The results revealed that the level of application on mental toughness and character-building did not differ among athletes and coaches. Also, along with the socio-biographic profile of the respondents, the level of application on mental toughness and character-building did not differ significantly along with gender, type of sports participated, and several years of coaching. However, along with respondents’ age, the level of application on mental toughness and character-building differed significantly with the highest level of application on the older age group of respondents to which the coaches belong.

On the degree of effect, the athletes and coaches had an agreement along with the qualities/traits on mental toughness and along with character building. The degree of effects ranged from high to very high effect. Lastly, the correlation between mental toughness and character building of the respondents was moderate and it was also significant.