- Children's self-speech and self-regulation during a fear-provoking behavioral test.
- Behaviour Research and Therapy
- Volume | Issue number
- 24 | 2
- Pages (from-to)
- Document type
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
- Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
Conducted a behavioral test and a behavioral interview to assess children's spontaneous use of self-speech and self-regulation in a fear-provoking situation. 44 children (aged 8-12 yrs) performed a series of more fear-provoking (e.g., jumping off the high diving board) or less fear-provoking (e.g., jumping off the low board) tasks in the swimming pool. Ss were divided into high-, moderate-, and low-anxious groups, based on their performance. Results indicate that the report of self-speech fluctuated over the test and was found to be related to task characteristics. High fear was related to a specific type of self-speech, while lower levels of fear were not. Approximately half of the Ss reported use of self-regulation. Level of fear was related to the occurrence of self-regulation; the moderate-anxious Ss mostly reported self-regulation. No relation was found between level of fear and type of self-regulation. The findings are discussed in relation to cognitive-behavioral assumptions.
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