Strengthening the assessment of self-talk in sports through a multi-method approach
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Stärkung der Bewertung von Selbstgesprächen im Sport durch einen Ansatz mit mehreren Methoden |
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Autor: | De Muynck, Gert-Jan; Soenens, Bart; Delrue, Jochen; Comoutos, Nikos; Vansteenkiste, Maarten |
Erschienen in: | Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports |
Veröffentlicht: | 30 (2020), 3, S. 602-614, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 0905-7188, 1600-0838 |
DOI: | 10.1111/sms.13609 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU202004002302 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
Although self-talk during competitive sports is common and predictive of athletes' motivation, experiences, and performance, it is difficult to accurately assess self-talk. An important, yet underexplored, next step in the assessment of self-talk is to rely on a multi-method approach. The present study sought to examine whether tennis players' self-talk assessed either via self-reports or via a live-recorded procedure would relate to each other. Competitive tennis players (N = 120; Mage = 25.22; SDage = 9.82) were asked to perform multiple tennis exercises while verbalizing their thoughts, which were audio-recorded and subsequently coded. Prior to exercise engagement, they indicated their fear of failure, while, after exercise engagement, they reported on their experienced pressure and self-talk using questionnaires. There was substantial correspondence between the coded and self-reported measure, allowing the estimation of a latent factor representing a multi-method assessment of self-talk. Moreover, in a theory-consistent way, both latent factors representing negative and positive self-talk were related to a hypothesized antecedent (ie, fear of failure), with negative self-talk also relating to a hypothesized consequence (ie, perceived pressure). Overall, the present study shows that athletes' self-talk can be measured reliably through different methods. Guidelines for the assessment of self-talk in future research are provided.