Hellenic Journal of Psychology   Psychological Society of Northern Greece VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 INFORMATION HELLENIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY ÉSSN 1790-1391 Edited three times a year by the Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) Volume 3, Issue 2, 2006 Legally responsible: Anastasia Efklides, President of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece. Tel: ++30-2310-997374. Fax: ++30-2310-997384. E-mail: efklides@psy.auth.gr Editors Editor-in-Chief:  Anastasia Efklides Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Associate Editors: Maria Dikaiou Angeliki Leondari Georgios D. Sideridis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece University of Crete, Greece Assistant Editors: Irini Dermitzaki Mary H. Kosmidis Robert Mellon Plousia Misailidi Pagona Roussi University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Crete, Greece University of Ioannina, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Guest Editor of Issue 2 Marios Goudas  University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece Editorial Board Anastasia Efklides Shulamith Kreitler Diomedes Markoulis Robert Neimeyer Markku Niemivirta Jose M. Prieto Wolfgang Schnotz  Yannis Theodorakis Maria Tzouriadou Marja Vauras Marcel Veenman Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Tel-Aviv University, Israel Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Memphis, USA University of Helsinki, Finland Complutense University, Madrid, Spain University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece University of Turku, Finland University of Leiden, The Netherlands Publisher: ELLINIKA GRAMMATA: Emm. Benaki 59, 106 81 Athens, Greece Ôel: ++30-210-3891800 - Fax: ++30-210-3836658 Bookstore: Zood. Pigis 21 & Tzavela 1, 106 81 Athens, Greece © Copyright 2006: Psychological Society of Northern Greece (PSNG) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) for commercial purposes without the written permission of the copyright own-ers. Manuscripts submitted to the journal in no case are returned back Volume 3, Issue 2, 2006     HELLENIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY Founded 2004 SPECIAL ISSUE: SELF-TALK IN SPORT PSYCHOLOGY  Guest Editor: Marios Goudas               ELLINIKA GRAMMATA   CONTENTS Introduction          Yannis Theodorakis & Marios Goudas.................................................................................97 The effects of self-talk on throwing- and jumping-events performance          Marios Goudas, Vasiliki Hatzidimitriou, & Maria Kikidi............................................................105 Coaches’ behaviour, social support, and athletes’ self-talk         Nikos Zourbanos, Yannis Theodorakis, & Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis ............................................117 Self-Presentational Effects of Self-Talk on Perceptions of Tennis Players             Judy L. Van Raalte, Britton W. Brewer, Allen E. Cornelius,           & Albert J. Petitpas ......................................................................................................134 Exploring coaches’ promotion of athlete self-talk         James Hardy & Craig R. Hall............................................................................................150 Instructional and motivational self-talk: An investigation on perceived self-talk functions         Antonis Hatzigeorgiadis..................................................................................................164