TY - JOUR AU - Eubank, Martin A2 - Eubank, Martin A2 - Nesti, Mark A2 - Littlewood, Martin DB - BISp DP - BISp KW - Analyse, qualitative KW - Betreuung, psychologische KW - Einfluss, kultureller KW - Einfluss, sozialer KW - Elternverhalten KW - Entwicklung, psychische KW - Ethnographie KW - Forschungsmethode KW - Forschungsstand KW - Hochleistungssport KW - Kultur KW - Leistungsorientierung KW - Leistungssport KW - Literaturübersicht KW - Norm, soziale KW - Sportkultur KW - Sportpsychologie KW - Subkultur KW - Trainerverhalten KW - Wert, sozialer KW - Willensstärke LA - eng TI - A culturally informed approach to mental toughness development in high performance sport TT - Ein kulturell geprägter Ansatz zur Entwicklung von mentaler Stärke im Hochleistungssport PY - 2017 N2 - The purpose of the current paper is to explore the importance of culture in the development of Mental Toughness (MT). This is done by means of a critical review of the current literature that exists in relation to the conceptualisation, definition and development of the concept. We argue that despite recent advances in our understanding, most research into MT has focused on the characteristics of mentally tough individuals. Although important and useful, the role of the environment (e.g., Bull et al. 2005; Hardy et al. 2015), culture (e.g., Tibbert et al. 2015), and context (e.g., Fawcett 2011), and how these impact MT and its development has been given somewhat less attention and is perhaps not well integrated into practice. This relative oversight has occurred because of three specific issues; an exclusive focus on the individual; a top down approach to research and the conceptualisation of MT; a lack of awareness that the athlete is always located in a specific organisation and sport culture with its own processes, systems, values and beliefs. In order to more fully capture how MT is constituted and developed, we suggest that future research needs to adopt a wider perspective by drawing on work around the importance of culture in sport, and make greater use of qualitative methodologies, such as grounded theory, narrative, ethnography and phenomenology to capture the culturally rich accounts of participants. Such a shift, as advocated in this paper, provides a primary point of reference to offer fresh insight in our research efforts, and will also have a major influence on practitioner development and training to assist applied sport psychologists and coaches in the practical task of building and supporting MT development in athletes. L2 - https://dx.doi.org/10.7352/IJSP.2017.48.206 DO - 10.7352/IJSP.2017.48.206 SP - S. 206-222 SN - 0047-0767 JO - International journal of sport psychology IS - 3 VL - 48 M3 - Gedruckte Ressource ID - PU201710008471 ER -