2020/03/06 by Piotr Oleś, Thomas M. Brinthaupt, Rachel Dier +1 · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Conceptualization #Criticism #Cultural Differences and Values #Dialogical self #Interpersonal communication #Intrapersonal communication #Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies #Linguistics #Pedagogy #Polyphony #Psychology #Self #Social Representations and Identity #Social psychology
paper · pdf · doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00227
openalex publication_date 2020/03/06 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
Intrapersonal communication occurs in several modes including inner dialogue and self-talk. Dialogical Self Theory (Hermans, 1996) postulates a polyphonic self that is comprised of a multiplicity of inner voices. Internal dialogical activity implies an exchange of thoughts or ideas between at least two so-called “I-positions” representing specific points of view. Among the functions served by self-talk are self-criticism, self-reinforcement, self-management, and social assessment (Brinthaupt, Hein, & Kramer, 2009). This paper explores the relationships among different types of internal dialogues and self-talk functions. Participants included college students from Poland (n = 181) and the U.S. (n = 119) who completed two multidimensional measures of inner dialogue and self-talk. 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. We discuss several implications of these findings for exploring similarities and differences among different kinds of intrapersonal communication.