중학생의 정신력 척도의 타당도 및 신뢰도 탐색

초록

This study investigates the validity and reliability of the mental toughness scale(MTS) for middle school students. The subjects were 593 middle school students in Seoul, Korea. The MTS, which was originally developed by Clough et al.(2002) for athletes, was revised to be suitable for middle school students and were applied to them. The MTS scale was verified and refined through exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. As a result, the MTS scale consisted of five factors(i.e., challenge, commitment, confidence in ability, active emotion control, and passive emotion control) with 33 items. Convergent validity was supported through correlations among educational stress, depression, life satisfaction, self-esteem, and optimism. Implications of this study were discussed in terms of educational settings.

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