Extending the understanding of the impact of conscientiousness on individual soccer performance: examining the mediating role of mental toughness.
David RodriguesNuno RodriguesTeresa RebeloPublished in: Current issues in personality psychology (2023)
These findings support the merits of conscientiousness as a valid predictor of human performance across achievement contexts, namely in sports settings and specifically in the domain of soccer. They also suggest that while this personality factor exerts a direct impact on individual soccer objective performance, it seems to play a more distal influence on subjective performance, by enacting individual mental toughness resources. Major theoretical and applied research implications are discussed.