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SELF-TALK [3 records]

Record 1 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Symbolism and Psychology of Language
DEF

An irrational statement that the patient constantly tells himself which serves to establish and maintain illogical thinking, irrational ideas, and emotional disturbance.

CONT

Self-talk is intrapersonal communication, the thoughts with which we describe and interpret the world to ourselves. Irrational or untrue self-talk causes stress and mental disorder. Two common forms of irrational self-talk are statements that "awfulize" (catastrophic, nightmarish interpretations of an event or experience) or "absolutize" (words such as should, must, always, etc. that imply the need to live up to a standard). These ideas are based on the rational-emotive therapy of Albert Ellis (1975).

CONT

"Talking yourself up" is self-talk that builds up feelings of anger. Talking yourself up moves you from feelings of being hurt or scared to bigger unmanageable feelings of anger or rage.

CONT

Stress inoculation training involves three specific stages. The first stage is referred to as the educational phase. During the educational stage, clients also are asked to monitor and record the types of self-statements they generate. In the second phase of training, the acquisition stage, clients are taught a number of cognitive and behavioral coping skills such as relaxation, replacement of negative self-statements with coping self-statements, and self-reinforcement.

Key term(s)
  • self-verbalisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Symbolique et psychologie du langage
DEF

Discours d'une personne qui se parle à elle-même.

OBS

verbalisation (définition psycholinguistique) : partie de la production de parole reposant sur l'utilisation du système des oppositions, phonologiques, syntaxiques et sémantiques, pertinents pour le fonctionnement d'une langue.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
  • Simbolismo y psicología del lenguaje
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Record 2 2007-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
  • Physical Education, Coaching and Sport Psychology
CONT

One of those techniques that have attracted researchers' attention within the last decade is self-talk (ST). ST has been defined as an "internal dialogue in which the individuals interpret feelings and perceptions, regulate and change evaluations and cognitions and give themselves instructions and reinforcement" (Hackfort & Schwenkmezger, 1993, p. 355).

CONT

Experimental research suggests that self-talk (ST) can serve both instructional and motivational functions for athletes.

CONT

When tennis players learn to follow specific guidelines for internal dialogue, they experience pressure situations as less stressful.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
  • Éducation physique, entraînement des athlètes et psychologie du sport
CONT

Enfin, le dialogue interne [...] désigne les pensées que l'on élabore dans sa tête et le discours que l'on se tient mentalement à soi-même (Hogg, 1995).

CONT

Comme alternative saine du dopage, la psychologie du sport se doit de proposer des méthodes permettant aux athlètes d'apprendre à faire face autrement aux défis de la compétition. Parmi les principales méthodes on peut citer [..] le dialogue interne positif (aide le compétiteur à mieux gérer son anxiété) et la gestion correcte des objectifs (favorise la construction d'un sentiment d'efficacité interne).

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
CONT

Summary and Self-talk.

OBS

Rubrique in How to Use your Self-Directed Learning Manual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel

Spanish

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