본 연구는 한국 투기종목 선수들의 정신력 개념을 탐색하고, 정신력을 측정할 수 있는 한국형 정신력 측정 도구를 개발하는데 그 목적이 있다. 연구 1에서 정신력 개념에 대한 구조를 알아보기 위해 495명의 설문조사와 5명의 인터뷰를 실시한 결과 투기종목 선수들의 정신력은 인내력, 승부욕, 불굴의 투지, 한계상황 극복, 분투노력 등 다차원으로 구성되었다는 결론을 얻었다. 연구 2에서 정신력의 측정도구를 개발하기 위해 486명을 조사하여 정신력의 각 요인별 신뢰도와 타당도(수렴 타당도/변별 타당도), 탐색적 요인분석과 확인적 요인분석을 실시한 결과 4개의 하위요인(승부욕, 분투노력, 인내/끈기, 불굴의 투지)으로 나타났으며 총 20문항으로 구성되었다. 요인구조 적합성을 검증한 결과 적합도 지수 값들이 적합한 것을 나타났다

The purpose of this study is to identify the structure of the term "Mental Power" construct, that is displayed about individual psychological representation in competitions or training and to develop the inventory of Mental Power in Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Wrestling and Boxing athletes. To accomplish the purpose of this study, the open question was asked to athletes in . We asked the open question "What do you think that the word Mental Power often mentioned in sports circumstances means?" to identify the structure of the term Mental Power construct, we let an expert conference(2 professor, 3 sport psychologists) analysis the material obtained by the survey. An inductive analysis was used to clarify first- and second-order themes and final stage dimensions. The results were appeared as follows, the competitive athletes regards Mental Power as Endurance, Winning Spirit, Indomitable Fighting Spirit, Overcoming Limits, Struggling Effort in psychological representation. At the , the subjects were developed an inventory of Mental Power that checked out the discriminant validity and exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis. The results were appeared as follows, the Mental Power Inventory was consisted of 4 factors(Winning Spirit, Struggling Effort, Endurance, Indomitable Fighting Spirit) and 20 items. After the results of confirmatory factor analysis, all the index values was appeared fit(Q value:2.0, GFI:0.88, CFI:0.90, RMSEA:0.07, RMR:0.04).

• 김원배(명지전문대학) | Kim Won-Bae (Myong Ji College)