Ein theoretischer Beitrag zu Self-talk in der Sportpsychologie

In this theoretical article on self-talk, various psychological theories relevant to the topic from a historical perspective are first presented. This is followed by the distinction between strategic and organic self-talk reflecting two different research areas in the self-talk literature. In relation to organic self-talk, which focuses on naturalistic self-talk during sports practice, self-talk classifications based on dual-processes approaches are introduced. In addition, the relationship between emotions and self-talk is taken as an example to show how most research has focused on spontaneous and goal-directed self-talk as two subtypes of organic self-talk. With regard to strategic self-talk, which relates to the pre-planned use of self-talk cues to enhance performance, various potential mechanisms of this effect are presented. Finally, the relevance of self-talk in applied sport psychology is described, including the presentation of reflexive self-talk interventions as an innovative method.