| （1.School of Physical Education，Liaoning Normal University，Dalian 116029，China；2.Department of Physical Education，Dalian Maritime University，Dalian 116026，China） Abstract: Having studied and analyzed the characteristics of mental toughness of teenage athletes, the authors re-vealed the following findings: the overall situation of mental toughness of teenage athletes is ideal; their positive fighting and pain tolerating spirit is good, but their pressure resistance is poor; there is a difference in 3 aspects in mental toughness in terms of gender, athletic level, number of years trained, and event characteristic.
Key words: teenage athlete；mental toughness；pressure resistance；pain tolerating |
