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An Examination of Self-Talk and Perfectionism in Collegiate Athletes
Author Info
Block, Carly Juliana
ORCID® Identifier
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2842-2160
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1532783244535578
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2018, Master of Science in Exercise and Health Studies, Miami University, Exercise and Health Studies.
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how perfectionism influences the self-talk of athletes. Additionally, a second purpose was to examine athletes’ perceptions of their positive and negative self-talk, in terms of how these forms of self-talk influence their performance. To test this relationship and analyze athletes’ perception of their own self-talk, the Sport Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale-2 and a Self-Talk Survey was administered to 270 collegiate athletes from various universities. A correlational analysis indicated that when athletes scored higher on organization as a form of adaptive perfectionism, the more positive self-talk and less negative self-talk they used. Conversely, when athletes scored higher on the maladaptive forms of perfectionism, the more negative self-talk and less positive self-talk they used. A thematic analysis revealed that positive and negative self-talk can be both helpful and hurtful to athletes’ sport performance depending on the situation and the individual.
Committee
Robin Vealey (Committee Chair)
Rose Marie Ward (Committee Member)
Robert Weinberg (Committee Member)
Pages
64 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology
;
Sports Management
;
Sports Medicine
Keywords
Self-talk
;
perfectionism
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sport
;
athletes
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college athletes
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Block, C. J. (2018).
An Examination of Self-Talk and Perfectionism in Collegiate Athletes
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1532783244535578
APA Style (7th edition)
Block, Carly.
An Examination of Self-Talk and Perfectionism in Collegiate Athletes .
2018. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1532783244535578.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Block, Carly. "An Examination of Self-Talk and Perfectionism in Collegiate Athletes ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1532783244535578
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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