The effect of attentional focus types as the self-talk form on static and dynamic balance in elderly women [PDF]
رشد و یادگیری حرکتی ورزشی, 2018 Aim: One of the issues that have been considered more than before is the issue of aging. An aging is a period that is accompanied by gradual, progressive and spontaneous erosion changes in most physiological devices and functions of the body.
Mansoure Mokaberyan +1 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The present study examined English use anxiety, motivation, self-efficacy, use of English, and their predictive effects on top university students’ English achievements. Two hundred and twenty-three students of the Top-Notch Students of Basic Disciplines
Xia Wu +3 more
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Motivation and emotion in the EFL learning experience of Romanian adolescent students: Two contrasting cases [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this study was to investigate the language learning motivation of two EFL teenage students in Romania and the link between motivation and the emotional dimensions of these adolescents’ learning experiences.
Pavelescu, Liana Maria
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020 BackgroundMost adults do not engage in sufficient physical activity to maintain good health. Smartphone apps are increasingly used to support physical activity but typically focus on tracking behaviors with no support for the complex process of behavior ...
Nurmi, Johanna +10 more
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The role of individual and social variables in task performance. [PDF]
, 2000 This paper reports on a data-based study in which we explored - as part of a larger-scale British-Hungarian research project - the effects of a number of affective and social variables on foreign language (L2) learners’ engagement in oral argumentative ...
Bronfenbrenner, U. +23 more
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Exploring Students’ Motivational Regulation Strategies in Writing Argumentative Essays
Journal of English Language Teaching and Literature, 2023 This research aimed to find out the motivational regulation strategies employed by English education students when writing argumentative essays and to describe how English education students employ motivational regulation strategies when writing ...
Anggi Ratri Anggoro Kasih, Ahmad Munir
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Motivation and demotivation over two years: A case study of English language learners in Japan [PDF]
, 2019 This paper is about four Japanese university students majoring in international studies, who participated in a two-year study examining changes in their motivation.
Kikuchi, Keita
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Examining physical training versus physical and mental training programmes in Swimrun semi-professional athletes: A randomised, controlled, trial [PDF]
Journal of Health and Social Sciences, 2016 Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of two psychological interventions, named ‘Mental imagery’ and ‘Motivational self-talk’ training used in combination, on perceived excertion and flow state in a sample of Swimrun semi ...
Francesco Chirico +2 more
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The Motivational Quality of Global Attributions in Hypothetical and Experienced Situations of Gender Discrimination [PDF]
, 2001 Traditionally, global attributions have been thought to reduce instrumental behavior aimed at resolving negative events. However, the present research shows global attributions for gender discrimination are related to taking action against unfair ...
Foster, Mindi D
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Motivational self-talk mitigates the harmful impact of mental fatigue on endurance performance
Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 2023 In sports, athletes might train or compete with some degree of mental fatigue that has an impact on performance. The present study investigated the effect of strategic motivational self-talk on endurance performance in mentally fatigued individuals. Twelve healthy men performed three cycling endurance tests at 80% peak power output until exhaustion ...
Luana L. Cabral +8 more
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