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Last published 2024
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Jordan Thibodeaux

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Senior Research Associate

Formerly Arkansas Affiliated with Arkansas Tech University through 2021.

Postdoc Researcher

5 h-index 8 pubs 143 cited

  • Youth Sports
  • Sports
  • Tennis
  • Adolescent
  • Goals
  • Humans
  • Motivation

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jordan Thibodeaux investigates the psychological factors influencing performance and well-being in adolescents, with a particular focus on sports contexts. Their research explores how self-talk, motivational climate, and goal orientation relate to youth engagement and success in activities like tennis. Thibodeaux also examines broader educational and developmental themes, including the connection between school belongingness and motivation in first-generation students. With an h-index of 5 and 141 total citations across 8 publications, Thibodeaux's work contributes to the understanding of adolescent psychology and educational attainment.

Metrics

  • h-index: 5
  • Publications: 8
  • Citations: 143

Selected Publications

  • Stay Positive: Self-Talk in Relation to Motivational Climate, Goal Orientation, and Self-Talk Encouragement in Tennis (2021)
    Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Careful what you say to yourself: Exploring self-talk and youth tennis performance via hierarchical linear modeling (2020)
    Psychology of sport and exercise 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Singing to the self: Children’s private speech, private song, and executive functioning (2019)
    Cognitive Development 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • What do youth tennis athletes say to themselves? Observed and self-reported self-talk on the court (2018)
    Psychology of sport and exercise 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • First-Year College Students’ Time Use (2016)
    Journal of Advanced Academics 92 citations DOI OpenAlex

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