| Acknowledgements | 第5-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-10页 |
| 1. INTRODUCTION | 第10-13页 |
| 1.1 Background of the study | 第10-12页 |
| 1.2 Problem Statement and Significance of the Study | 第12-13页 |
| 2. LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-28页 |
| 2.1 Mental toughness | 第13-16页 |
| 2.1.1 What is mental toughness? | 第13-15页 |
| 2.1.2 Mental toughness and sport performance | 第15-16页 |
| 2.2 Motivation | 第16-21页 |
| 2.2.1 Intrinsic motivation | 第18-19页 |
| 2.2.2 Extrinsic Motivation | 第19-20页 |
| 2.2.3 Amotivation | 第20页 |
| 2.2.4 Motivation and its importance in sports performance | 第20-21页 |
| 2.3 Coach-athlete relationship | 第21-23页 |
| 2.4 Athlete burnout | 第23-25页 |
| 2.5 Hypothetical model of improving sport performance and preventing athlete burnout | 第25-28页 |
| 3. OBJECTIVES | 第28-29页 |
| 3.1 Hypotheses | 第28-29页 |
| 4. METHODS | 第29-34页 |
| 4.1 Participants | 第29页 |
| 4.2 Measures and instrumentation | 第29-32页 |
| 4.2.1 Sport performance | 第29-30页 |
| 4.2.2 Mental toughness | 第30-31页 |
| 4.2.3 Motivation | 第31页 |
| 4.2.4 Coach-athlete relationship | 第31页 |
| 4.2.5 Athlete burnout | 第31-32页 |
| 4.2.6 Demographic data | 第32页 |
| 4.3 Procedure | 第32页 |
| 4.4 Data analysis | 第32-34页 |
| 5. RESULTS | 第34-52页 |
| 5.1 Predictive power of specific aspects of mental toughness and motivation, coach-athleterelationship, training period, and gender | 第38-40页 |
| 5.2 Mediating effect of certain types of motivation on a relationship between mental toughnessaspects and achievement in sport | 第40-45页 |
| 5.3 Mediating effect of specific types of motivation on a relationship between coach-athleterelationship and achievement in sport | 第45-47页 |
| 5.5 Moderation effect of coach-athlete relationship on a connection between overall mentaltoughness and motivation types as predictors, and athlete burnout as a criterion | 第47-52页 |
| 6. DISCUSSION | 第52-61页 |
| 6.1 Findings Overview | 第52页 |
| 6.2 Discussion of the findings | 第52-59页 |
| 6.2.1 Correlations between studied factors and sport performance | 第53-55页 |
| 6.2.2 Predictive power of studied aspects on sport performance | 第55-56页 |
| 6.2.3 Mediating effect of motivation types on relationship between mental toughness andsport performance | 第56页 |
| 6.2.4 Mediating effect of motivation types on relationship between coach-athleterelationship and sport performance | 第56-57页 |
| 6.2.5 Moderation effect of coach-athlete relationship on connection between mentaltoughness and motivation types with athlete burnout | 第57-59页 |
| 6.3 Theoretical and practical implications | 第59页 |
| 6.4 Limitations and future recommendations | 第59-61页 |
| 7. CONCLUSIONS | 第61-63页 |
| REFERENCES | 第63-70页 |
| APPENDECES | 第70-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅰ | 第70-73页 |
| Appendix Ⅱ | 第73-75页 |
| Appendix Ⅲ | 第75-77页 |
| Appendix Ⅳ | 第77页 |
