Self-reported inner speech use in university students

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 376-382

  Morin, Alain ^a   Duhnych, Christina ^a   Racy, Famira ^a,b  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ADLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

content analysis; inner speech; self directed speech; self reflection; self regulation; self report; self talk; thought listing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CRITICAL THINKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INNER SPEECH; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SELF REGULATION MODEL; SELF REPORT; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85043600289     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.3404     Document Type: Article

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