The Evaluation of Mental Toughness and Goal Orientation in Students Licensed in Coaching Education Departments

The universe of the study consists of licensed student-athletes in coaching education who were a part of the six state universities in Turkey. Participants consist of 269 volunteer students selected by the easily available sampling method. Mental toughness Inventory in Sports was used to determine Mental Toughness. In order to determine goal orientation, Task and Ego Orientation in Sport Questionnaire were used. As per the analysis; between the "task" and "ego" sub-dimensions and the "confidence" sub-dimension positively at a medium level, between the "task" sub-dimension and the "commitment" sub-dimension positively at a moderate level, between the "ego" sub-dimension and the "commitment" sub-dimension. There was a weak negative correlation between the "task" and "ego" sub-dimensions and the "control" sub-dimension.