Locating mental toughness in factor models of personality

We examined the degree to which two factor models of personality capture mental toughness. We focused on item and facet-level correlates of mental toughness in three widely used personality inventories – HEXACO and Hogan Personality Inventory (bright side personality) and Hogan Development Survey (d...

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Published in:Personality and individual differences 2019-12, Vol.151, p.109532, Article 109532
Main Authors: Yankov, Georgi P., Davenport, Nicholas, Sherman, Ryne A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ambition
Athletes
Confidence
Conscientiousness
Creativity
Dark traits
Emotionality
Extraversion
Hardiness
HEXACO
Hogan development survey
Hogan personality inventory
Lasso regression
Personality
Personality development
Personality tests
Questionnaires
Self-efficacy
Sport psychology
Sports
Validity
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Summary:We examined the degree to which two factor models of personality capture mental toughness. We focused on item and facet-level correlates of mental toughness in three widely used personality inventories – HEXACO and Hogan Personality Inventory (bright side personality) and Hogan Development Survey (dark side personality). US-based college students and NCAA athletes (Sample 1; N = 285) and working adults (Sample 2; N = 218) took the Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire and the HEXACO-60 (Sample 1) and the HPI and HDS (Sample 2). We used lasso regression with cross-validation to identify the HEXACO-60's items and HPI and HDS' facets predicting mental toughness. In Study 1 the strongest predictors of mental toughness were 12 items coming from the eXtraversion, Emotionality, and Conscientiousness scales. Item content examinations indicated that people scoring high on mental toughness tended to endorse items related to pushing for results, having elevated energy levels, and a high degree of self-confidence. In Study 2, emotional control, ambition, self-efficacy, creativity, and low anxiety emerged as the strongest facet correlates of mental toughness. Mental toughness is located between factors of the HEXACO model, but much more squarely aligned with Ambition in the HPI inventory.
ISSN:0191-8869
1873-3549
DOI:10.1016/j.paid.2019.109532