Efeitos da auto-fala no desempenho em atividades físicas: uma revisão bibliográfica
Resumo
The diferente between rule-governed and contingency-shaped behavior is largely discussed in
Behavior Analysis literature. The importance of rules is remarkable in learning new skills,
especially those that would take time to be learned through natural contingencies. A rule is a
verbal stimulus that describes the contingency of behavior to be emitted. A type of rule used in
sport psychology is self-talk, which consists of a procedure which aims to help an athlete's
stimuli discrimination during sports practice or competition. This study aimed to review the
experimental literature on self-talk between 2001 and 2021, in addition to verifying evidence
regarding the most used types of self-talk (instructional and motivational), as well as relating
the literature on self-talk to the behavior analysis literature, especially on rule-governed
behavior. Altogether, twelve experimental articles which used interventions that included self talk were analyzed. In general, the results demonstrate that self-talk has a positive effect on
performance in the practice of physical activities in different environments and contexts. Self talk interventions seem to be effective with people of different ages, genders and levels of
competitiveness related to physical activity. Instructional self-talk proves to be effective in
learning new skills and improving performance on precision tasks. Motivational self-talk
proved to be effective in improving performance in strength and endurance tasks, in addition to
appearing to prepare athletes for competitive situations. Still, some aspects related to the study
procedure can be revisited, such as experimental control and other types of self-talk that can be
included in future research. Furthermore, a low volume of articles researching self-talk in
competitive contexts was observed.
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