The Relationship between Optimism and Mental Toughness in Female and Male Students of Physical Education in Dehdasht Payam-e Noor University

The current study aimed at evaluating the relationship between optimism and mental toughness in female and male students of physical education (N=188) in Dehdasht Payem-e Noor University. The samples included 120 students who were chosen using Krejcie-Morgan table. Golby and Sheard’s mental toughness questionnaire and Scheier and Carver’s optimism questionnaire were used for data collection. The results of Pearson correlation and simple regression in the significance level p≥0.01 indicated that there is significant relationship between the optimism and mental toughness in female and male students of physical educations. Also the results indicated that there is significant difference in levels of optimism and mental toughness in female and male students of physical educations using the independent T-test. The obtained results were discussed with respect to gender of the subjects.

Keywords:

Mental toughness , optimism , physical educations students , gender