A comparative study of mental toughness between students of school of physical education and school of education of DAVV, Indore

Authors

  • I Wayan Suryasa Institut Teknologi dan Bisnis STIKOM BALI, Denpasar, Bali
  • Harsh Gandharv Research Scholar, School of physical education, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Vijay Francis Peter Associate Professor, School of physical education, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Keywords:

mental toughness, physical education, education and sports psychology

Abstract

Mental toughness isn’t being macho, uncaring, or self-centred; it is about being tough in the sense of not giving up and being confident that you can prevail, even if the odds are stacked against you. The purpose of the present study was to compare the difference of Mental Toughness between Students of School of Physical Education and School of Education of DAVV, Indore. The sample for the present study consists of 30 students from School of Physical Education and 30 students from School of Education and their age ranges from 18 to 25 years. The Mental Toughness of Students of School of Physical Education and School of Education were measured through MENTAL TOUGHNESS QUESTIONNAIRE (2004) developed by ALAN GOLDBERG. The criterion measure for the testing hypothesis in this study is the total scores obtained in the questionnaire. The score of the subjects of School of Physical Education and School of Education of DAVV, were analyzed by calculating the Data applied to Descriptive Statistics Mean, Standard Deviation and t-test were used in order to find out the Significance Difference to compare. The result has shown that there is Significance Difference between Students of School of Physical Education and School of Education of DAVV Indore in Mental Toughness through MENTAL TOUGHNESS QUESTIONNAIRE.

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Published

2026-01-16

How to Cite

Suryasa, I. W., Gandharv, H., & Peter, V. F. (2026). A comparative study of mental toughness between students of school of physical education and school of education of DAVV, Indore. Tennessee Research International of Social Sciences, 8(1), 1–5. Retrieved from https://triss.org/index.php/journal/article/view/120

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Vol. 8 No. 1: January-June 2026

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