Yannis Theodorakis

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

1. Self-Talk and Sports Performance

   2011 · 356 citations

2. Aerobic exercise for adult patients with major depressive disorder in mental health services: A systematic review and meta-analysis

   2018 · 350 citations

3. Mechanisms underlying the self-talk–performance relationship: The effects of motivational self-talk on self-confidence and anxiety

   2008 · 276 citations

4. The Effects of Motivational versus Instructional Self-Talk on Improving Motor Performance

   2000 · 264 citations

5. The Effectiveness of Teaching a Life Skills Program in a Sport Context

   2005 · 256 citations

6. Self-Talk in the Swimming Pool: The Effects of Self-Talk on Thought Content and Performance on Water-Polo Tasks

   2004 · 230 citations

7. Planned Behavior, Attitude Strength, Role Identity, and the Prediction of Exercise Behavior

   1994 · 201 citations

8. Physical Activity, Sedentariness, Eating Behaviour and Well-Being during a COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Greek Adolescents

   2021 · 201 citations

9. A Multilevel Approach to Motivational Climate in Physical Education and Sport Settings: An Individual or a Group Level Construct?

   2004 · 191 citations

10. Causal relationships of sport and exercise involvement with goal orientations, perceived competence and intrinsic motivation in physical education: A longitudinal study

    2006 · 138 citations

11. Investigating the Functions of Self-Talk: The Effects of Motivational Self-Talk on Self-Efficacy and Performance in Young Tennis Players

    2008 · 138 citations

12. Causal ordering of physical self-concept and exercise behavior: Reciprocal effects model and the influence of physical education teachers.

    2006 · 125 citations

13. Self-talk and Competitive Sport Performance

    2013 · 123 citations

14. Enhancing Performance and Skill Acquisition in Novice Basketball Players with Instructional Self-Talk

    2002 · 121 citations

15. Self-Talk: It Works, but How? Development and Preliminary Validation of the Functions of Self-Talk Questionnaire

    2008 · 94 citations

16. Effects of an Autonomy-Supportive Exercise Instructing Style on Exercise Motivation, Psychological Well-Being, and Exercise Attendance in Middle-Age Women

    2012 · 91 citations

17. Automatic Self-Talk Questionnaire for Sports (ASTQS): Development and Preliminary Validation of a Measure Identifying the Structure of Athletes’ Self-Talk

    2009 · 89 citations

18. Cognitive, Perceptual, and Motor Abilities in Skilled Basketball Performance

    1998 · 82 citations

19. Attitudes Toward Teaching Individuals with Disabilities: Application of Planned Behavior Theory

    1995 · 79 citations

20. Α Virtual Reality App for Physical and Cognitive Training of Older People With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Mixed Methods Feasibility Study

    2021 · 78 citations

21. The Moderating Effects of Self-Talk Content on Self-Talk Functions

    2007 · 74 citations

22. Effects of Pilates and trunk strengthening exercises on health-related quality of life in women with chronic low back pain

    2016 · 73 citations

23. SELF-TALK IN A BASKETBALL-SHOOTING TASK

    2001 · 72 citations

24. Combined Effect of Goal Setting and Self-Talk in Performance of a Soccer-Shooting Task

    2004 · 71 citations

25. Cognitions: Self-Talk and Performance

    2012 · 61 citations

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