Investigating the functions of self-talk: The effects of motivational self-talk on self-efficacy and performance in young tennis players

Sport Psychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-471

  Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis ^a   Zourbanos, Nikos ^a   Goltsios, Christos ^a   Theodorakis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

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EID: 57649239274     PISSN: 08884781     EISSN: 15432793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/tsp.22.4.458     Document Type: Article

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