The effects of motivational versus instructional self-talk on improving motor performance

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-271

  Theodorakis, Yannis ^a   Weinberg, Robert ^b   Natsis, Petros ^a   Douma, Irini ^a   Kazakas, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034258494     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.14.3.253     Document Type: Article

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