![]() With respect to self-talk, psychologists originally described inner and private speech in the context of developmental processes including the affinity between speaking and thinking ( Vygotsky, 1962). Two such modes are self-talk and internal dialogue. Intrapersonal communication occurs in several modes and includes research on a wide range of processes and behavioral domains (see this Research Topic). We discuss several implications of these findings for exploring similarities and differences among varieties of intrapersonal communication. Results indicated moderately strong relationships between inner dialogue types and self-talk functions, suggesting that there is a significant overlap between the two modes of communication. Participants included college students from Poland ( n = 181) and the United States ( n = 119) who completed two multidimensional measures of inner dialogue and self-talk. This paper explores the relationships among different types of internal dialogues and self-talk functions. Among the functions served by self-talk are self-criticism, self-reinforcement, self-management, and social assessment ( Brinthaupt et al., 2009). Internal dialogical activity implies an exchange of thoughts or ideas between at least two so-called “I-positions” representing specific points of view. The Dialogical Self Theory ( Hermans, 1996) postulates a polyphonic self that is comprised of a multiplicity of inner voices. Intrapersonal communication occurs in several modes including inner dialogue and self-talk. ![]() 2Department of Psychology, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, United States.1Institute of Psychology, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland.Brinthaupt 2, Rachel Dier 2 and Dominika Polak 1
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