Discipline
Quantifying behavioral consistency and emotional calibration under critical stress.
The psychology of performance
Dorling Institute
Optimising high-performance mental toughness through cognitive science.
Delivering data-driven assessment, coaching and scalable organisational solutions built for high-pressure environments.
Psychometric assessmentIndividual coachingOrganisational solutionsCertification & research
Research into practice
The bridge between scientific psychology and real-world performance
The Institute provides psychology-backed solutions for high-pressure environments across sport, corporate and complex systems, helping leaders and teams sustain mental toughness when it matters.
Assessment
Data-driven insights
Coaching & Development
Leadership performance
Organisational Solutions
Scalable systems
The DMTQ30 Psychometric System
The Dorling Mental Toughness Questionnaire 30 Psychometric Framework serves as the empirical architecture for the Dorling Institute of Performance Psychology. Far from a standalone assessment, this predictive diagnostic methodology establishes the scientific baseline that informs, scales, and validates all individual coaching portfolios, leadership pipelines, and enterprise-level organizational solutions.
Explore the DMTQ30Motivation
Measuring intrinsic goal-alignment and energetic focus during systemic volatility.
Perseverance
Evaluating cognitive stamina and tactical resilience against operational friction.
Self-Belief
Assessing individual decision-making autonomy and conviction under pressure.
Tenacity
Auditing psychological endurance and sustained asset execution over long-term cycles.
Leadership
Analyzing the optimization of psychological safety and cognitive output across elite teams.
Our Pillars of Performance
Psychometric Assessment
The DMTQ30 Framework: Measuring mental toughness across six validated scientific domains.
Individual Coaching
Bespoke development for leaders, athletes, and high performers in extreme pressure environments.
Organisational Solutions
Scalable performance systems designed to optimise team culture and systemic efficiency.
Certification & Research
Advancing the field through practitioner certification and rigorous applied cognitive research.
Trusted in High-Pressure Environments
The Dorling Institute of Performance Psychology leverages validated psychometric tools and rigorous methodology to deliver measurable impact for elite performers.
Elite Sport
Optimising mental toughness for professional athletes and teams competing at the highest international levels.
Corporate Leadership
Developing resilient executive leadership and high-performing cultures within global organisations.
Complex Systems
Enhancing performance and safety in safety-critical environments through applied cognitive science.
Our approach is defined by rigorous methodology and the application of validated psychological frameworks to ensure institutional excellence.
About the Founder
Founded on research, refined in practice
- Role
- Founder, Dorling Institute. Organisational Psychologist and performance coach.
- Research
- Doctoral Researcher in Psychology, Bond University, since 2021.
Jennifer Dorling is a psychology researcher, Organisational Psychologist and performance coach specialising in Mental Toughness, Psychological Capital, personality and the cognitive and psychological factors that shape human performance.
Since 2021, her doctoral research at Bond University has focused on understanding what mental toughness is, how it is experienced in demanding performance environments, and how it can be measured in a psychologically meaningful and scientifically rigorous way. This programme of research led to the development of the DMTQ30 Mental Toughness Questionnaire.
The assessment has been developed through a systematic programme of psychological research, with each stage informing the next, from the initial exploration of mental toughness through to the development and testing of the final 30-item measure.
Alongside her research, Jennifer brings more than 12 years of international experience across Australia, Germany and South Africa in organisational psychology, consulting, leadership development, change, performance and coaching. This combination of academic research and applied practice has shaped the DMTQ30 into an assessment that is intended not only to be scientifically grounded, but also clear, relevant and practical for the people using it.
The result is a mental toughness profile that helps individuals understand how they approach pressure, challenge, persistence and performance, identify their strongest areas, and recognise where further development may have the greatest value.
Discuss Institutional or Organisational Engagement
We invite senior leaders, HR directors, and performance heads to initiate a strategic dialogue regarding psychometric assessment, elite coaching, or bespoke organisational performance solutions.
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