TY - JOUR
T1 - The social side of self-talk: Relationships between perceptions of support received from the coach and athletes’ self-talk
AU - Zourbanos, Nikos
AU - Hatzigeorgiadis, Antonis
AU - Goudas, Marios
AU - Papaioannou, Athanasios
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Objectives - The aim of the present research was to investigate the relationship between perceptions of received support provided by a coach and athletes’ self-talk.
Design - Cross-sectional.
Method - Two studies were conducted. In the first study an instrument to assess perceptions of received support provided by the coach was developed, based on the conceptualization of 26 and 27, and tested in a sample of athletes (n = 888). In the second study the relationship between perceptions of received support provided by the coach and athletes’ self-talk was tested through structural models. Participants (n = 465) completed the social support dimensions derived from study 1 and the Automatic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Sports (Zourbanos, Hatzigeorgiadis, Chroni, Theodorakis, & Papaioannou, 2009).
Results - The results of the first study supported the factorial structure of the measure, including the dimensions of emotional, informational and esteem support. The results of the second study showed that perceptions of support received from the coach were positively related to athletes’ positive self-talk dimensions and negatively to athletes’ negative self-talk dimensions.
Conclusions - Overall, the results showed that athletes’ perceptions of support received from the coach were related to their self-talk, thus stressing the need to further consider the role of social factors in shaping athletes’ self-talk.
AB - Objectives - The aim of the present research was to investigate the relationship between perceptions of received support provided by a coach and athletes’ self-talk.
Design - Cross-sectional.
Method - Two studies were conducted. In the first study an instrument to assess perceptions of received support provided by the coach was developed, based on the conceptualization of 26 and 27, and tested in a sample of athletes (n = 888). In the second study the relationship between perceptions of received support provided by the coach and athletes’ self-talk was tested through structural models. Participants (n = 465) completed the social support dimensions derived from study 1 and the Automatic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Sports (Zourbanos, Hatzigeorgiadis, Chroni, Theodorakis, & Papaioannou, 2009).
Results - The results of the first study supported the factorial structure of the measure, including the dimensions of emotional, informational and esteem support. The results of the second study showed that perceptions of support received from the coach were positively related to athletes’ positive self-talk dimensions and negatively to athletes’ negative self-talk dimensions.
Conclusions - Overall, the results showed that athletes’ perceptions of support received from the coach were related to their self-talk, thus stressing the need to further consider the role of social factors in shaping athletes’ self-talk.
KW - Coaches’ behaviour
KW - athletes’ thoughts
KW - social support
KW - antecedents of self-talk
U2 - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.03.001
DO - 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.03.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1469-0292
VL - 12
SP - 407
EP - 414
JO - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
JF - Psychology of Sport and Exercise
IS - 4
ER -