The Spectrum of First-Generation Student-Athletes’ Mental Toughness: Moderation and Mediation Analyses

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first-generation student-athletes; mental toughness; positivity; athletic identity; motivation

Abstract

This study investigated the interaction between social identity as subscale of athletic identity and mental toughness (MT) as moderated ego-involved motivation and examined the serial mediation effects of task-involved and ego-involved motivation, between the relationship of positivity to mental toughness. Specifically, it explored whether and how social identity, motivation and positivity influenced mental toughness of first-generation student-athletes of Central Luzon State University. Based on the Identity Control Theory and Bioecological Systems Theory, the original themes are integrated with the existing theory, which includes the interdependent interactions between the person, proximal processes, context, and time as well as the interaction of identity control through people's identities and the link between identities and behavior within the context of their social structures. In the analysis of data, the sample consisted of seventy-four first-generation student-athletes aged 18 to 25 years old (Mage = 20.80, SD age = 1.62); generally females (56.8%) (SDsex = .50), third year (SDYearLevel = 1.144), regular students (SDenrollstat = .447) with regular academic load (SDacadstat = .354), typically residing to an apartment (SDTypeResidence = .915), and who have been playing to a regional competitive sports (SDHiLevelSports = .782) both in individual sporting events and team sports (MTypeSports = 2.04, SDTypeSports = .711). Generally, male first-generation student-athletes were more motivated through intra-team rivalry and tend to develop an ego-involved motivation. The result of moderation analysis revealed that relationship between social identity and mental toughness becomes weaker when ego-involved motivation increases, further supported by the results of the significant indirect effect of positivity on mental toughness through task-involved and ego-involved motivation. Specifically, this demonstrates that the task-involved incentive enhances the connection between the positivity and toughness of mind whereas this ego-involving motivate dampens the association. Hence, the relationship between positivity and mental toughness partially intensifies through the task-involved and ego-involved motivation.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Alexis Ramirez
AU  - Clarissa Delariarte
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/31
TI  - The Spectrum of First-Generation Student-Athletes’ Mental Toughness: Moderation and Mediation Analyses
BT  - Proceedings of the 6th Yogyakarta International Seminar on Health, Physical Education and Sport Science (YISHPESS 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 4
EP  - 14
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-356-6_2
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-356-6_2
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