Mechanisms underlying the self-talk-performance relationship: The effects of motivational self-talk on self-confidence and anxiety

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 186-192

  Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis ^a   Zourbanos, Nikos ^a   Mpoumpaki, Sofia ^a   Theodorakis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Self confidence; Self talk functions; Task performance; Tennis

Indexed keywords

EID: 56549083412     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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