Relationship between mental qualities and medal attainment of elite athletes in Singapore

• Main Author: Lai, Stevenson Fook Fatt
• Other Authors: Smith, Daniel
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Education::Sports and physical education
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14079
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Personality researchers have found significant differences between successful and non-successful elite athletes (Gould, Weiss & Weinberg, 1981; Smith & Clack, 1996; Drake, 1997). This investigation examined four personality traits and two mental skills of elite athletes in Singapore to deter...