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SUBMITTER: Thomaes S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7754294 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Thomaes Sander S Tjaarda Iris Charlotte IC Brummelman Eddie E Sedikides Constantine C
Child development 20191217 6
Children with negative competence beliefs often achieve below their potential in school. This randomized field experiment tested whether engaging in positive self-talk may benefit these children's mathematics performance. Participants (N = 212, Grades 4-6, M<sub>age</sub> = 10.6) worked on the first half of a standardized mathematics test, engaged in effort self-talk ("I will do my very best!"), ability self-talk ("I am very good at this!"), or no self-talk, and worked on the second half of the ...[more]