Are inner speech self-report questionnaires reliable and valid?

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2011, Pages 1719-1723

  Uttl, Bob ^a   Morin, Alain ^a   Hamper, Breanne ^a  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inner speech; Self awareness; Self regulation; Self talk; Thought listing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855710498     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.10.332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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