Hardiness differentiates military trainees on behavioural persistence and physical performance.
Hardiness is a personality trait that drafts courage and motivation during adversity. Research showed that hardiness differentiates elite athletes from their lower rank competitors. In the domain of sport psychology, hardiness also strongly predicts physical performance. Because the military occupat...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 16; no. 4; pp. 354 - 365 |
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