TY - JOUR TT - Examining Psychometric Properties of The Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire-SMTQ AU - Altıntaş, Atahan AU - Bayar Koruç, Perican PY - 2017 DA - May DO - 10.17644/sbd.311985 JF - Spor Bilimleri Dergisi JO - SBD PB - Hacettepe Üniversitesi WT - DergiPark SN - 2667-6672 SP - 163 EP - 171 VL - 27 IS - 4 KW - Zihinsel Dayanıklılık KW - Geçerlik KW - Güvenirlik N2 - The purpose of this study was to test the validityand reliability of the Turkish version ofSport Mental Toughness Questionnaire-SMTQ-14.Ninenty four females (Mage=20.41􀁲2.84), 108 males(Mage =22.53􀁲4.40) totally 202 athletes(Mage =21.49􀁲3.86) voluntarly participated in thisstudy. SMTQ-14 is 14 item instruments which havethree subscales (Confidence, Control and Constancy).Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factoranalysis were used to test validity and reliabilityof questionnaire. Three factor loadings explained%54.58 of SMTQ. Internal consistency coefficientsof SMTQ were found for confidence 0.84, for control0.79 and for constancy 0.51. Confirmatory factoranalysis revelead that x2/df=1.98, GFI=0.90, CFI=0.91,RMR=0.04, SRMR=0.07, RMSEA=0.07, IFI=0.91,TLI=0.88 of SMTQ. It can be concluded that, Turkishversions of SMTQ is used to assess mental toughnessin sport environment. CR - Alpar R. (2001). Spor Bilimlerinde Uygulamalı İstatistik.(2. Baskı). Ankara: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım. Beardslee WR, Podorefsky MA. (1998). Resilient adolescents whose parents have serious affective and other psychiatric disorders: Importance of selfunderstanding and relationships. American Journal of Psychiatry, 145, 63-69. Beck NM. (2012). Mental Toughness: An Analysis of Sex, Race, and Mood. Thesis for the Degree of Master of Science. University of North Texas. Block JH, Block J. (1980). The Role of Ego-control and Ego-resiliency in the Organisation of Behaviour. (WA Collins Ed.), Development of Cognition, Affect, and Social Relations: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, 13, 39-101. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. UR - https://doi.org/10.17644/sbd.311985 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/301794 ER -