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Coaching Behavior: Any Consequences for the Prevalence of Sexual Harassment?
(2011)Coaches can easily dominate athletes and this unbalanced power distribution may be strengthened by authoritarian behavior; i.e. negative feedback, directive communication, coach-led decision making, task-centered role ... -
Development and Validation of the Multidimensional Motivational Climate Observation System
(2015)This article outlines the development and validation of the Multidimensional Motivational Climate Observation System (MMCOS). Drawing from an integration of the dimensions of the social environment emphasized within ... -
Do Performance Strategies Moderate the Relationship Between Personality and Training Behaviors? An Exploratory Study
(2010)The aim of the present research was to investigate the relationship between personality traits, performance strategies, and training behaviors. In two studies we distributed the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP), ... -
The Effects of a Cooperative Physical Education Program on Students' Social Skills
(2009)The present study examined the effect of a cooperative physical education program on students' social skills and attitudes toward group work. Four sixth grade classes were assigned either in an experimental (n = 57) or in ... -
The effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on students' motor task performance in physical education
(2011)Objective: The aim of the study was to examine the effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on students' motor task performance in a chest pass and a modified push-ups test in physical education. Design: The ... -
The effects of motivational versus instructional self-talk on improving motor performance
(2000)This study examined the effectiveness of different self-talk strategies on increasing performance in different motor tasks. Specifically, four laboratory experiments were conducted to examine the effect of motivational ... -
The Effects of Self-Talk on Dominant and Nondominant Arm Performance on a Handball Task in Primary Physical Education Students
(2013)The present study examined the effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on handball performance using a novel task (nondominant arm) and a learned task (dominant arm) in primary school students. Participants ... -
Enhancing performance and skill acquisition in novice basketball players with instructional self-talk
(2002)This study examined the effectiveness of instructional self-talk on acquiring and performing three basketball skills (dribbling, passing, and shooting). Sixty-two young, novice players were organized into two groups. The ... -
Ethnic/cultural identity salience, achievement goals and motivational climate in multicultural physical education classes
(2009)Objectives: This study investigated the association of ethnic/cultural identity salience with achievement goals and motivational climate in multicultural physical education classes. Methods: Questionnaires assessing ... -
Examining factors associated with intrinsic motivation in physical education: a qualitative approach
(2003)Objectives. To provide further information regarding factors associated with students' intrinsic motivation in physical education using a qualitative approach. Design and Methods. Sixteen in-depth interviews were conducted ... -
Global goal orientations: Prediction of sport and exercise involvement and smoking
(2011)Objective: Two studies were conducted to investigate the assumption that a personal improvement goal in life is connected with adaptive self-regulatory strategies and high levels of self-efficacy that enable individuals ... -
Goal orientations at the global level of generality and in physical education: Their association with self-regulation, affect, beliefs and behaviours
(2009)Objective: Life skills programs should ensure that their effects generalize across contexts and activities. Three studies are presented examining the construct validity of an instrument assessing global goal orientations ... -
Goal-directed and undirected self-talk: Exploring a new perspective for the study of athletes' self-talk
(2014)Objectives: The present study aimed to introduce the distinction between goal-directed and undirected thoughts used in general psychology into the automatic self-talk paradigm used in sport psychology. In particular, the ... -
Internet Addiction among Greek Adolescent Students
(2008)This research aimed to assess the prevalence of Internet addiction among Greek adolescent students, ages 12 to 18. The sample of 2,200 students was recruited from 120 classes among 85 schools in Thessaly, Greece. The sample ... -
The intricacies of verbalizations, gestures, and game outcome using sequential analysis
(2015)Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to identify the intricacies of verbalizations, gestures, and game outcome during competition. Design: The behavioral research software Observer XT (R) using sequential ... -
Investigating the Functions of Self-Talk: The Effects of Motivational Self-Talk on Self-Efficacy and Performance in Young Tennis Players
(2008)The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of motivational self-talk on self-efficacy and performance. Participants were 46 young tennis players (mean age 13.26, SD 1.96 years). The experiment was completed ... -
Leaders' and subordinates' attachment orientations, emotion regulation capabilities and affect at work: A multilevel analysis
(2014)Two studies examined relationships between leaders' and subordinates' attachment orientations, emotion regulation capabilities, and affective experience and satisfaction at work. As expected, supervisors' and subordinates' ... -
Mechanisms underlying the self-talk-performance relationship: The effects of motivational self-talk on self-confidence and anxiety
(2009)Objectives: The present study examined the effects of motivational self-talk on self-confidence, anxiety, and task performance in young athletes. Methods: Participants were 72 tennis players. The experiment was conducted ... -
The moderating effects of self-talk content on self-talk functions
(2007)The purpose of the study was to examine whether different types of self-talk serve different functions. Twenty-one female swimming class students were initially tested on an experimental water polo precision task. After a ...