Associations between physical fitness and mental toughness in adolescent competitive ballet dancers.

IF 1.3 4区医学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY

Annals of Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-17 DOI:10.1080/03014460.2025.2558933

Lan Zhou, Lovro Štefan

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Abstract

Background: Mental toughness (MT) is a critical psychological construct in competitive sports, yet its relationship with physical fitness (PF) remains underexplored, particularly in adolescent athletes.

Aim: The main purpose of the study was to examine the associations between MT and different components of PF.

Subjects and methods: We recruited 114 children and adolescents (14.3 ± 0.9 years; 73.7% girls), who were active ballet dancers and competed at national level. MT was assessed using the Sport Mental Toughness Questionnaire. Components of PF included: the 20-m shuttle run test (cardiorespiratory fitness; CRF), the 2-kg medicine ball throw and the countermovement jump (muscular fitness; MF), the sit-and-reach test (flexibility) and fat mass percentage (body composition).

Results: Subscales and overall MT were positively correlated with CRF (r = 0.69-0.71, p < 0.001), MF (r = 0.63-0.79, p < 0.001) and flexibility (r = 0.52-0.71, p < 0.001), yet an inverse correlation with fat mass percentage (r = -0.59 - -0.58, p < 0.001) was observed. Boys exhibited higher MT and PF values, compared to girls, except for flexibility.

Conclusion: These findings suggest that improving PF may enhance MT, offering potential strategies for training young athletes.

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青少年竞技芭蕾舞者身体健康与心理韧性的关系

背景：心理韧性（MT）是竞技体育中重要的心理结构，但其与身体健康（PF）的关系仍未得到充分研究，特别是在青少年运动员中。研究对象和方法：我们招募了114名儿童和青少年（14.3±0.9岁；73.7%是女孩），他们是活跃的芭蕾舞演员，并参加过国家水平的比赛。MT采用运动心理韧性问卷进行评估。PF的组成部分包括：20米穿梭跑测试（心肺适能；CRF）， 2公斤实心球投掷和反动作跳跃（肌肉适能；MF），坐伸测试（柔韧性）和脂肪质量百分比（身体成分）。结果：各分量表和总体MT与CRF呈显著正相关（r = 0.69-0.71, pr = 0.63-0.79, pr = 0.52-0.71, pr = -0.59 - -0.58, p）。结论：改善PF可提高MT，为青年运动员的训练提供潜在策略。

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Annals of Human Biology 生物-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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3.40

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5.90%

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1 months

期刊介绍： Annals of Human Biology is an international, peer-reviewed journal published six times a year in electronic format. The journal reports investigations on the nature, development and causes of human variation, embracing the disciplines of human growth and development, human genetics, physical and biological anthropology, demography, environmental physiology, ecology, epidemiology and global health and ageing research.