ReviewFrontiers in psychology2019
Individual Differences in Self-Talk Frequency: Social Isolation and Cognitive Disruption.
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- Further evidence for the cognitive disruption and self-talk frequency hypothesis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Are There Really People With No Inner Voice? Commentary on Nedergaard and Lupyan (2024).Psychological science · 2025Article
- Self-talk as a mediator in the relationship between perfectionism and body image: a study of Polish women with overweight and obesity in the process of losing weight.Current issues in personality psychology · 2025Article
- Self-talk: research challenges and opportunities.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Trait Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Self-Talk: A Correlational Analysis of Young Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Types of Inner Dialogues and Functions of Self-Talk: Comparisons and Implications.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Inner Dialogical Communication and Pathological Personality Traits.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
Despite the popularity of research on intrapersonal communication across many disciplines, there has been little attention devoted to the factors that might account for individual differences in talking to oneself. In this paper, I explore two possible explanations for why people might differ in the frequency of their self-talk. According to the "social isolation" hypothesis, spending more time alone or having socially isolating experiences will be associated with increased self-talk. According to the "cognitive disruption" hypothesis, having self-related experiences that are cognitively disruptive will be associated with increased self-talk frequency. Several studies using the Self-Talk Scale are pertinent to these hypotheses. The results indicate good support for the social isolation hypothesis and strong support for the cognitive disruption hypothesis. I conclude the paper with a wide range of implications for future research on individual differences in self-talk and other kinds of intrapersonal communication.
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