The purpose of this study is to identify the structure of the term Mental Power construct, that is displayed about individual psychological representation in competitions or training and to develop the inventory of Mental Power in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, W...
The purpose of this study is to identify the structure of the term Mental Power construct, that is displayed about individual psychological representation in competitions or training and to develop the inventory of Mental Power in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Wrestling and Boxing athletes. To accomplish the purpose of this study, the open question was asked to athletes in <Research Ⅰ >. We asked the open question What do you think that the word Mental Power often mentioned in sports circumstances means? to identify the structure of the term Mental Power construct, we let an expert conference(2 professor, 3 sport psychologists) analysis the material obtained by the survey. An inductive analysis was used to clarify first- and second-order themes and final stage dimensions. The results were appeared as follows, the competitive athletes regards Mental Power as Endurance, Winning Spirit, Indomitable Fighting Spirit, Overcoming Limits, Struggling Effort in psychological representation. At the <Research Ⅱ>, the subjects were developed an inventory of Mental Power that checked out the discriminant validity and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis. The results were appeared as follows, the Mental Power Inventory was consisted of 4 factors(Winning Spirit, Struggling Effort, Endurance, Indomitable Fighting Spirit) and 20 items. After the results of confirmatory factor analysis, all the index values was appeared fit(Q value:2.0, GFI:0.88, CFI:0.90, RMSEA:0.07, RMR:0.04).