Author/Authors :
Gevorki، Hadi نويسنده Department of Physical Education, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran , , Gevorki، Ehsan نويسنده Department of Physical Education, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran , , Samadi، Hossein نويسنده Department of Physical Education, Taft Branch, Islamic Azad University, Taft, Iran ,
Abstract :
The current research carried out in order to compare factors like mental toughness and mental health of professional and amateur athletes. In this regard, one hundred and eighty men and women athletes 52. 2±04.26 =M)from different sport fields including football, wrestling, swimming, cycling, Taekwondo were participated in our research. The athletes were all members of clubs. In this research we applied two kinds of questionnaire namely Suzan Kobasa fifty parts questionnaire (1979) and Goldberg twenty eight parts questionnaire (1972). After the accumulation of data, we applied MANOVA to analyze the data of tenacity and psychological health. Our result showed that the level of mental health and tenacity in professional athletes is significantly higher compared to that of amateur athletes.
