Positive and negative spontaneous self-talk and performance in gymnastics: The role of contextual, personal and situational factors

The purpose of this study was to analyse whether contextual (perception of motivational climate and positive and negative spontaneous self-talk in sports), personal (positivity) and situational variables (positive and negative spontaneous self-talk employed in competition and precompetitive anxiety)...

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Published in:PloS one 2022-03, Vol.17 (3), p.e0265809-e0265809
Main Authors: Santos-Rosa, Francisco J, Montero-Carretero, Carlos, Gómez-Landero, Luis Arturo, Torregrossa, Miquel, Cervelló, Eduardo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Anxiety
Anxiety - psychology
Athletes
Athletic Performance - psychology
Behavior
Biology and Life Sciences
Climate
Climate prediction
Coaches & managers
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Competition
Computer science
Emotions
Engineering and Technology
Female
Gymnastics
Humans
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Motivation
Perception
Perceptions
Performance prediction
Physiological aspects
Psychological aspects
Rhythms
Self Concept
Self esteem
Social Sciences
Sports
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to analyse whether contextual (perception of motivational climate and positive and negative spontaneous self-talk in sports), personal (positivity) and situational variables (positive and negative spontaneous self-talk employed in competition and precompetitive anxiety) predict performance in a competition of ensembles of rhythmic gymnastics. 258 female gymnasts between ages14 and 20 (M = 15.24, SD = 1.46) participated in the study, completing pre- and post-competition measures. The results of the path-analysis showed that both the task-involving climate and positivity predicted positive self-talk in sport. This predicted self-confidence which, in turn, positively predicted positive situational self-talk in competition. For its part, the perception of an ego-involving climate positively predicted the use of both negative and positive self-talk in sport. Negative self-talk in sports predicted negative situational self-talk in competition and somatic and cognitive anxiety. In turn, cognitive anxiety positively predicted negative situational self-talk. Finally, performance was positively predicted by positive situational self-talk and negatively by negative situational self-talk. These results explain the functioning of spontaneous self-talk at different levels of generality and its relationship with sports performance.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0265809