Principles of Self-Talk in Sport Settings: Theory, Research, and Practice

Book Overview

This book examines the theory and practice of self-talk in sports performance, with a special emphasis on approaches that move beyond linear, cognitively-focused understandings of self-talk.

PROSE Award Finalist - Social Sciences: Psychology and Applied Social Work

Self-talk generally begins when children are 2-3 years of age and continues into adulthood, as people talk to themselves both internally and out loud. Self-talk has drawn the interest of sport psychology professionals, researchers, athletes, and coaches who are eager to understand the origins and correlates of self-talk, how self-talk affects them, and how self-talk can be used to enhance sport performance.

Starting from a strong theoretical foundation and addressing self-talk in sport myths, this volume moves on to one of the greatest challenges in sport self-talk literature, the crisis of validity of self-talk measurement tools, and provides direction and examples of valid and reliable tools for sport self-talk research. Chapters bring together authors from diverse theoretical backgrounds and fields, and offer tools for coaches and mental health providers to measure self-talk, and examine different approaches to self-talk, including ecological and embodied cognition, and draw important links between self-talk and other areas of cognitive functioning, such as emotion regulation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433839989
• ISBN13: 9781433839986
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 8.9"