The Effect of Marathon Participants Passion on Mental Toughness and Examine The Mediating Effect of Sport Involvement on The Relationship Between Passion and Mental Toughness.

• Main Authors: Wei-Hsiang Su, 蘇緯祥
• Other Authors: Chi-Chang Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/59473856292876596105

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 休閒運動研究所 === 103 === The marathon participants except to need full physical strength, psychological quality and passion are also indispensable key factors. Therefore, the main purpose of the study were: 1. to investigate the effect of marathon participants passion on mental toughness; 2. to investigate the effect of marathon participants passion on mental toughness; 3. to investigate the effect of marathon participants sport involvement on mental toughness; 4. to analyze the relationship of marathon participants passion and mental toughness, in addition, the mediating effect of sport involvement on the relationship between passion and mental toughness. There are 380(279 males and 101 females) subjects of marathon participants in this study. They were asked to complete a series of questionnaires in a group setting to measure Passion scale, Sport Involvement scale and Mental Toughness scale. The AMOS17.0 software version was adopted for the data analysis. The results were as follows：(a) the marathon participants passion were high degree；(b) the marathon participants mental toughness were high degree；(c) the marathon participants sport involvement were high degree；(d) the marathon participants passion had a significant positive effect on sport involvement；(e) the marathon participants passion had a significant positive effect on mental toughness；(f) the marathon participants sport involvement had a significant positive effect on mental toughness；(g) the marathon participants sport involvement has a partial mediating effect between passion and mental toughness. Discussions were provided in terms of the findings and theoretical framework. Practical application and directions for future research were also recommended.