1st Edition
Self-talk in Sport
1. Locating self-talk in the knowledge map of sport and exercise psychology
Alexander T. Latinjak
2. Pieces of the self-talk jigsaw puzzle: An introduction
Alexander T. Latinjak, James Hardy, and Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis
3. Assessment methods for organic self-talk
Thomas M. Brinthaupt and Alain Morin
4. Metacognition and goal-directed self-talk
Noel E. Brick, Mark J. Campbell, and Aidan P. Moran
5. Self-talk and emotion regulation
Julian Fritsch and Darko Jekauc
6. Organic self-talk antecedents: An interpretative review and implications for practice
Aristea Karamitrou, Evangelos Galanis, Yannis Theodorakis, and Nikos Comoutos
7. The reflexive self-talk intervention: Detailed procedures
Alexander T. Latinjak, Lucía Figal-Gomez, Philip Solomon-Turay, and Rafel Magrinyà-Vinyes
8. Rational self-talk: A rational emotive behaviour therapy (REBT) perspective
Martin J. Turner, Andrew G. Wood, Jamie B. Barker, and Nanaki Chadha
9. Strategic self-talk interventions
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis, Evangelos Galanis, and Yannis Theodorakis
10. Self-talk mechanisms
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis and Evangelos Galanis
11. Self-talk interventions in tennis and golf
Robert Weinberg and Alexander Bianco
12. Self-talk interventions in team-sport settings
James Hardy
13. Self-talk and endurance sports
Alister McCormick and Paul Anstiss
14. Self-talk in physical education: Motivational aspects and a guide for physical education teachers
Maša Marjanovic, Charalampos Krommidas, Evangelos Mprisimis, Athanasios Papaioannou, and Nikos Comoutos
15. Contesting the role of self-talk in sport psychology in views of mindfulness, flow, and mind wandering
Daniel Birrer, Patricia C. Jackman, and Alexander T. Latinjak
Epilogue: Some facts and personal reflections on my self-talk
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis
Biography
Alexander T. Latinjak is a senior lecturer and the course leader of the BSc (Hons) Sport and Performance Psychology at the University of Suffolk, and visiting researcher at the EUSES Schools of Health and Sports Sciences in Catalonia. Although Alexander wrote his dissertation on strategic self-talk interventions for tennis players, he has recently been more intensively involved in the study of spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk. His research led to the design of a reflexive self-talk intervention and the development of a conceptualisation of self-talk based on the distinction between organic and strategic self-talk.
Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis is a professor at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at the University of Thessaly, and director of the postgraduate programme Psychology of Physical Education and Sport. His main research interest has been self-talk, on which he has authored more than 35 articles and six book chapters. He is Associate Editor at Sport, Exercise and Sport Psychology, and has served as member of the managing council of the European Federation of Sport and Exercise Psychology for 12 years.
