Demographic details report that female responded with round-off 60%, this implied that female strive more in education than male. RESULTS: A total of a 75 percent from the questionnaires (477) returned from a sum 600 questionnaires distributed to specified respondents. A total number of 417 responses gathered from Angeles University Foundation (AUF) and Baliuag University (BU), Philippines considered for this mental toughness study. A sample size of 417 considered appropriate for a variance based structural equation modeling. This quantitative study considered adoptable in handling bias findings. Thus, in an attempt to isolate and categorize potential attributes of mental toughness and its impact on academic performance, the available literature reviewed. Substantial information has been gathered from these sources thus allowing for appropriate analysis, compilation, interpretation, and structuring of the entire study. Additionally, sources of data included reviews of different books on the related topics, research studies, articles, journals, newspapers, and magazines. Two universities were considered for assessing the structural equation modeling of mental toughness.
METHODS: This quantitative study employed SmartPls 3 software to predict the significant level of motivation, self-reliance, concentration and coping with pressure on academic performance among university learners. The current study also investigated whether university learners who were reported with greater mental toughness are more likely to be academically successful than those lower in mental toughness. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of the current study was to investigate the level of mental toughness of university learners and the impact on the learners' academic performance. Most of the studies centered on sports and descriptive findings lack critical analysis. Challenges facing undergraduate learners in the context of mental toughness had been broadly investigated mostly in developed countries. BACKGROUND: Mental toughness is recognized as an important component towards academic success thus making its psychological qualities determine how challenges are effectively addressed during pressurized situations.