GIVING YOURSELF A GOOD BEATING: APPRAISAL, ATTRIBUTION, RUMINATION, AND COUNTERFACTUAL THINKING

How individuals respond to adversity is one component of mental toughness and athletes may manage the adversity of a defeat in very different ways. In this article we focus on four types of cognition (appraisal, attribution, counterfactual thinking, and rumination) that athletes may exhibit in the i...

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Main Authors: Katie Dray, Mark A. Uphill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Uludag 2009-11-01
Series:Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.jssm.org/combat/3/2/v8combat3-2text.php