The Effect of Self-talking on Self-Efficacy and Academic Motivation

Object: Self- talking plays an important role in the relationship between incidents and emotions. Self-talking is defined as an internal dialogue that may be performed loudly or slowly and silently, through which one interprets his thoughts and feelings, changes his assessments and beliefs, self-educates or reinforced himself.This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of positive self-talking on self-efficacy and educational motivation of Pre-university students. The statistical population consisted of all pre-university students studying in the school year of 2014-2015 in Mahabad city. By voluntary sampling, 45 volunteers participated in the study. By random substitution, 22 subjects were selected as the experimental group and 23 subjects were selected as the control group. The plan was unequal with the control group. Before the training, pre-test was performed and the students of the experimental group received 10 sessions self-talking training ; at the end of the training, post-test was done. Measurement tools included Hartre's Educational Motivation Questionnaire and Sherer General Self-efficacy Test. Data were analyzed using multivariate covariance and Bonferani's post hoc test. The results showed that self-talking had a significant effect on self-efficacy (0.01), exogenous motivation (0.05) and internal motivation (0.01). According to the findings, we can say that positive self-talking can be used to increase self-efficacy and academic motivation.