Mental Toughness

GLOSSARY

A personal capacity to produce consistently high levels of subjective (e.g., personal goals or strivings) or objective performance (e.g., sales, race time, GPA) despite everyday challenges and stressors, as well as significant adversities. See also, and contrast with grit and resilience. Not the same as, though considered related to sisu.

A cute pink cartoon brain lifting a blue dumbbell to represent mental health and brain training.
A cute pink cartoon brain lifting a blue dumbbell to represent mental health and brain training.

Reference:

Gucciardi, D. F., Hanton, S., Gordon, S., Mallett, C. J., & Temby, P. (2015). The concept of mental toughness: Tests of dimensionality, nomological network, and traitness. Journal of Personality, 83(1), 26-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12079