Sport psychologists researchers and practitioners, coaches, sports commentators, sports fans, and athletes acknowledge the importance of mental toughness and flow state in sporting performance. The mental toughness and flow state are utmost pre-requisite of individual and team athletes. The recent sport psychology literature supports the notion that mental toughness and flow state is not a unitary concept and that it has a number of underlying components. Flow is generally viewed as a peak performance state, and there is some support for this assumption. Therefore, a multi-method approach...

The present study was designed to compare the successful, unsuccessful and non-athlete adolescents on the variables of academic anxiety, emotional competence and career maturity. Since academic anxiety, emotional competence and career maturity play an important role in the lives of adolescents, therefore the present study will be a useful tool to get in-depth knowledge about these variables in managing anxiety level, channelizing emotions and making a wise decision in selecting a right career at a right age. The present findings can also play an imperative role in highlighting the hidden...