The effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on students' motor task performance in physical education

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-158

  Kolovelonis, Athanasios ^a   Goudas, Marios ^a   Dermitzaki, Irini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Instructional self talk; Motivational self talk; Motor task performance; Physical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751538344     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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