Psychological readiness and adaptation to performance stress in female athletes: the mediating role of sport confidence between athletic identity and mental toughness
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Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Hatice GEZER Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Murat KORUCUK Kafkas Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation (Q1) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 2052-1847 Dergi Bilgileri (2026) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | Türkçe | Basım Tarihi | 03-2026 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 2026 / 0 / 1–30 | DOI | – |
| Makale Linki | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13102-026-01621-z | ||
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| BackgroundPsychological readiness is increasingly recognized as a critical component of training adaptation, performance sustainability, and recovery processes in female athletes. Beyond physical capacity, internal psychological resources such as athletic identity, sport confidence, and mental toughness play a key role in athletes’ ability to tolerate performance-related stress, maintain emotional control, and adapt to demanding training and competition environments. However, the interrelationships among these constructs and their contribution to psychological readiness remain insufficiently examined in female athletic populations. In this study, psychological readiness is conceptualized as an adaptive psychological capacity reflected through athletic identity, sport confidence, and mental toughness.MethodsThis cross-sectional correlational study included 449 female university athletes participating in individual … |
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