| （1.School of Physical Education，Liaoning Normal University，Dalian 116029，China；2.Department of Physical Education，Dalian Maritime University，Dalian 116026，China） Abstract: Having probed into the effects of self talking on the angry and aggressive behaviors of professional foot-ball players in China, the author found that self talking of different tendencies plays a certain role in controlling the anger and aggressiveness of professional football players in China, and that loud self talking can effectively adjust the aggressive behaviors of professional football players. The author suggested that self talking be included in men-tal training programs for athletes, and that athletes use highly initiative self talking to reduce or prevent the occur-rence of aggressive behaviors.
Key words: sports psychology；self talking；professional football player；anger；aggressive behavior |
