The Relationship among Mindset, Tenacity and Grit of University Taekwondo Athletes

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among the mindset, tenacity and grit of university taekwondo athletes. To this end, To this end, from April 22, 2022 to April 26, 2022, university taekwondo athletes who participated in the 49th National University Taekwondo Individual Championships were selected as the population, and data were collected from 350 people using a convenient sampling method. After excluding 8 copies that answered insincere among the collected data, a total of 342 data were used as the final valid sample. For data processing, descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation model were performed using Jamovi 2.0 and Amos 23.0 programs. the results of this study were as follows. First, it was found that the growth mindset had a positive (+) effect on the tenacity, and the fixed mindset did not had a statistically significant effect on the tenacity. second, it was found that the growth mindset had a positive (+) effect on the grit, and the fixed mindset had a negative (-) effect on the grit, third, it was found that the tenacity had a positive (+) effect on the grit.