The Effect of Different Kinds of Self–Talk on Balance Function of the Healthy Elderly [PDF]
رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2013 The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the effects of twokinds of motivational and instructional self–talk on the performance of static anddynamic balance tasks in the elderly.
Amir Shariati, Jamal Fazel Kalkhoran
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Effects of Overt and Covert Motivational Self-talk on Performance and Perceived Exertion Rate of Wrestlers in Progressive Exhaustion Exercise [PDF]
رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2014 The aim of this study was to examine the effect of overt and covert motivationalself-talk on perceived exertion and performance in a progressive exercise untilexhaustion in wrestlers.
Mohammad Sadegh Afroozeh +3 more
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Psychometric Properties and Normalization of Persian Version of Self Talk Questionnaire [PDF]
رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2017 The aim of this study was to determine the psychometric properties and to normalize Persian version of the Self Talk Questionnaire. 384 male and female athletes in three skill levels and 10 sport fields (team and individual) were selected and completed ...
Valiollah Kashani +2 more
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Beneficial Effects of Motor Imagery and Self-Talk on Service Performance in Skilled Tennis Players
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This research aim to investigate the effects of motor imagery (MI), focused on the trajectory of the ball and the target area, and self-talk (motivational function) before the actual strike on the performance of the service in skilled tennis players ...
Nicolas Robin +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 The purpose of this study was to analyse whether contextual (perception of motivational climate and positive and negative spontaneous self-talk in sports), personal (positivity) and situational variables (positive and negative spontaneous self-talk ...
Francisco J Santos-Rosa +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Motivational regulation is crucial to explaining autonomous self-regulated learning, yet has received relatively little empirical attention. This study therefore examined how 230 college students’ motivational-regulation strategies affected their ...
Yining Zhang, Lianqi Dong
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Motivational interviewing and efficacy in reduction of alcohol use [PDF]
, 2017 Health behavior change is a topic that has been heavily researched by professionals in both the mental health and medical fields. Particularly, change related to alcohol behaviors has been extensively researched, likely due to the pervasiveness of ...
Boeselt, Carly
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Motivating Goal-Directed Behavior Through Introspective Self-Talk [PDF]
Psychological Science, 2010 Although essential for psychology, introspective self-talk has rarely been studied with respect to its effects on behavior. Nevertheless, the interrogative compared with the declarative form of introspective talk may elicit more intrinsically motivated reasons for action, resulting in goal-directed behavior.
Senay, Ibrahim +2 more
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Embedded motivational interviewing combined with a smartphone app to increase physical activity in people with sub-acute low back pain: study protocol of a cluster randomised control trial [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based, client-centred counselling technique that has been used effectively to increase physical activity, including for people with low back pain.
Breckon, Jeff +6 more
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Achievement goals and motivational responses in tennis: Does the context matter? [PDF]
, 2011 Objectives: This study examined: (a) whether athletes’ goal orientations differ across training and competition; (b) whether goal orientations predict effort, enjoyment, and psychological skill use differently in training and competition; and (c) whether
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