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dc.contributor.authorCowden, Richard G.
dc.contributor.authorClough, Peter J.
dc.contributor.authorAsante, Kwaku Oppong
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-15T09:04:49Z
dc.date.available2017-06-15T09:04:49Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationCowden, R.G. et al. 2017. Mental toughness in South African youth: relationships with forgivingness and attitudes towards risk. Psychological reports, 120(2):271-289. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033294116687516]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0033-2941
dc.identifier.issn1558-691X (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/25011
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0033294116687516
dc.description.abstractYoung people are particularly vulnerable to health risk behaviors and interpersonal violence, stimulating scholars’ attention towards identifying factors that may reduce the likelihood that these actions will occur. Associated with positive outcomes in a variety of domains, mental toughness in young people might protect them from engaging in potentially deleterious interpersonal or health-risk behaviors, while potentially promoting positive psychological behaviors. Within this framework, the present study investigated the relationships between mental toughness, attitudes towards physical and psychological risk-taking, and trait forgiveness in a sample of 123 (males = 54, females = 69) South African youth (M age = 23.97 years, SD = 4.46). Univariate and multivariate analyses indicated higher levels of mental toughness were associated with being more forgiving, (η2p = .036), perceiving physical risk-taking more positively (η2p = .062), but having more negative attitudes towards psychological risk-taking (η2p = .036). These findings give credence to mental toughness as a psychological characteristic involved in youth risk-taking perceptions and interpersonal functioning. Future research might explore the integration of mental toughness into the development of future youth risk behavior interventionsen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.subjectMental toughnessen_US
dc.subjectYouthen_US
dc.subjectAttitudes towards risk-takingen_US
dc.subjectTrait forgivenessen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleMental toughness in South African youth: relationships with forgivingness and attitudes towards risken_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID28405188 - Cowden, Richard Gregory


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