TY - JOUR AU - Silva, Virgílio AU - Dias, Cláudia AU - Corte-Real, Nuno AU - Manuel Fonseca, António PY - 2018/06/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Mental toughness attributes in Judo: perceptions of athletes JF - Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte JA - Cuad. Psicol. Deporte VL - 18 IS - 3 SE - Psicología del Deporte DO - UR - https://revistas.um.es/cpd/article/view/322541 SP - 86-101 AB - Perceptions of mental toughness attributes were explored among Judo competitors. Twelve Portuguese judokas from different levels of achievement underwent a semi-structured interview, based on Personal Construct Psychology “sociality” and “dichotomy” corollaries (Kelly, 1991). Properties and dimensions of each conceptual category arose from the data among the <em>verbatim</em> transcribed interviews. Inductive content analysis revealed 22 attributes that composed mental toughness in competitive Judo. Emotional regulation, resilience, self-confidence, attention regulation, self-motivation and optimism were reported by all subjects of the sample. In relation to previous single-sport researches that explored mental toughness attributes, our results supported the existence of large conceptual similarities across sports, despite subtle differences in Judo discussed in reference to optimism, self-improvement, pragmatism and self-presentation regulation. Self-esteem and adaptability emerged as a novelty in the sport’s mental toughness literature. Combativity was suggested to be the only mental toughness attribute rather peculiar to Judo. ER -