Self-Talk Theory, Research, and Applications: Some Personal Reflections

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Robert Weinberg Miami University

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Weinberg is with Dept. of Kinesiology and Health, Phillips Hall, Miami University, Oxford, OH.

Address author correspondence to Robert Weinberg at weinber@miamioh.edu.
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