Goal-Directed and Spontaneous Self-Talk in Anger- and Anxiety-Eliciting Sport-Situations. Issue 2 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Latinjak, Alexander T.; Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis; Zourbanos, Nikos
• Is Part Of: Journal of applied sport psychology. Volume 29:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 150
• Page End: 166
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 796.019
• DOI: 10.1080/10413200.2016.1213330
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1041-3200

Abstract

Abstract : The purpose of this study was to explore differences in the occurrence and in the content of spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk in anger- and anxiety-eliciting situations. A total of 62 male and 25 female athletes ( M age = 19.66, SD = 2.07) agreed to participate. The results showed that in anger-eliciting situations, spontaneous self-talk was generally negative and retrospective, whereas in anxiety-eliciting situations, spontaneous self-talk was positive and negative as well as anticipatory. Goal-directed self-talk generally aimed at creating activated states, regulating behavior and focusing on positive predictions, even though differences among both emotion-eliciting situations were also detected.