Abstract
Abstract The role of cognitive schemata in the processing of behavioral events has received considerable attention in recent cognitive-behavioral research. In the context of our behavior-analytic conceptualization of complex disorders, evaluative self-schemata were proposed as a salient factor in the organization of behaviors. The purpose of this study was to test the predictive role of evaluative self-schemata for self-talk occurring during a coping/achievement task. In addition, the relationship of self-talk to both subjective anxiety and performance outcome as measured by test scores was examined. Results indicated that individuals holding a negative self-schema engage consistently in significantly more self-defeating and less facilitative self-talk as compared to high self-schema subjects across 3 experimental trials. In addition, a significant group x trials interaction for debilitative statements was detected, suggesting that negative self-talk differentiates more clearly than positive self-talk bet...
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