Document Type : Original research study
Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Science in Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 PhD Student of Motor Behavior, Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Science in Sport, Faculty of Sport Sciences and Health, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The current study aims to investigate and compare the effects of declarative and interrogative self-talk on perceived exertion, motivation and anaerobic power performance. In order to carry this study out, 15 female students participated in a within-subject design including control, declarative self-talk and interrogative self-talk phases. So as to measure anaerobic power, participants performed vertical jump in all three phases and after each phase, they completed the self-talk manipulation check, the perceived exertion, and the motivation form. Through applying one-way repeated measures ANOVA, the superiority of anaerobic power performance and motivation in declarative and interrogative self-talk phases compared to the control phase was revealed. In general, these findings support the advantage of declarative and interrogative self-talk in sport performance which is consistent with the theoretical foundations of self-talk about the usefulness of self-talk on motor performance and motivation
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