The Effects of Motivational versus Instructional Self-Talk on Improving Motor Performance

By Y. Theodorakis, R. Weinberg, P. Natsis, Irini Douma, P. Kazakas. 2000

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

Investigating the Functions of Self-Talk: The Effects of Motivational Self-Talk on Self-Efficacy and Performance in Young Tennis Players (2008, background): “Theodorakis et al. (2000) argued that instructional self-talk should be more beneficial for fine tasks and tasks requiring accuracy and precision, whereas motivational self-talk can be more beneficial for gross tasks and tasks requiring strength and endurance.”
Self-talk and Competitive Sport Performance (2014, unknown): “Theodorakis et al. (2000) introduced the task demands by self-talk type matching hypothesis.”
Self-talk and gross motor skill performance: An experimental approach? (2005, methodology): “…the groups, (b) data collection may have occurred in groups, allowing social comparison to take place, and (c) the verbal cues— “breathe out” (instructional cue) and “I can” (motivational cue)—utilized in their study were relatively basic, unpracticed and un-customized (Theodorakis et al., 2000).”
Self-Talk and Female Youth Soccer Performance (2004, background): “The effort to acquire qualitative as well as quantitative data responds to the appeal of Wanlin et al. (1997) for additional information to enhance our understanding of how athletes view objective and subjective measures of success.”
Self-Talk in the Swimming Pool: The Effects of Self-Talk on Thought Content and Performance on Water-Polo Tasks (2004, methodology): “Subsequently, Theodorakis, Weinberg, Natsis, Douma, and Kazakas (2000) speculated that the effects of ST on performance should depend on the nature of the task to be performed.”
The Moderating Effects of Self-Talk Content on Self-Talk Functions (2007, methodology): “Considering that ST is a mental strategy, and as such practice can improve its effectiveness, and based on previous research recommendations (e.g., Theodorakis et al., 2000), an intervention phase was designed for participants to get acquainted with the use of ST.”
Quantifying athlete self-talk (2005, background): “Based on recent sportspecific self-talk findings (e.g. Hardy, Gammage, & Hall, 2001a; Theodorakis et al., 2000), self-talk can be better thought of as a multidimensional phenomenon concerned with athletes’ verbalizations that are addressed to themselves, which can serve both instructional and…”
Sport Psychology: Contemporary Themes (2004, background): “evidence that instructional self-talk is superior to motivational self-talk in enhancing the performance of tasks that require precision and fine motor coordination (Theodorakis et al., 2000) and improving athletes’ skills in basketball (Perkos et al.”
Self-Talk: It Works, but How? Development and Preliminary Validation of the Functions of Self-Talk Questionnaire (2008, background): “Theodorakis, Weinberg, Natsis, Douma, and Kazakas (2000) speculated that the effects of ST on performance should depend on the nature of the task to be performed.”