The antecedents and consequences of self-talk in competitive tennis

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-356

  Van Raalte, Judy L ^a   Cornelius, Allen E ^a   Brewer, Britton W ^a   Hatten, Stephen J ^b  

^a SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Negative self talk; Observable self talk and gestures; Self talk and gestures rating scale; Sport performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034348890     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.22.4.345     Document Type: Article

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