声明
Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
1．INTRODUCTlON
1．1．Background of the study
1．2．Problem Statement and Significance of the Study
2．LITERATURE REVIEW
2．1．1．What is mental toughness?
2．1．2．Mental toughness and sport performance
2．2．Motivation
2．2．1．Intrinsic motivation
2．2．2．Extrinsic Motivation
2．2．3．Amotivation
2．2．4 Motivation and its importance in sports performance
2．3．Coach-athlete relationship
2．4．Athlete burnout
2．5．Hypothetical model of improving sport performance and preventing athlete burnout
3．OBJECTIVES
3．1．Hypotheses
4．1．Participants
4．2．Measures and instrumentation
4．2．1．Sport performance
4．2．2．Mental toughness
4．2．3．Motivation
4．2．5．Athlete burnout
4．2．6．Demographic data
4．3．Procedure
4．4．Data analysis
5．RESULTS
5．1．Predictive power of specific aspects of mental toughness and motivation，coach-athlete relationship，training period，and gender
5．2．Mediating effect of certain types of motivation on a relationship between mental toughness aspects and achievement insport
5．3．Mediating effect of specific types of motivation on a relationship between coach-athlete relationship and achievement in sport
5．5． Moderation effect of coach-athlete relationship on a connection between overall mental toughness and motivation types as predictors，and athlete burnout as a criterion
6．DISCUSSION
6．1．Findings Overview
6．2．Discussion of the findings
6．2．1．Correlations between studied factors and sport performance
6．2．2．Predictive power of studied aspects on sport performance
6．2．3．Mediating effect of motivation types on relationship between mental toughness and sport performance
6．2．5．Moderation effect of coach-athlete relationship on connection between mental toughness and motivation types with athlete burnout
6．3．Theoretical and practical implications
6．4．Limitations and future recommendations
7．CONCLUSIONS
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