Table 1.

The four subscales of the Self-Talk Scale/the adapted Inner Speech Scale with individual items.

Function/types	Items [position within the scale]
Self-criticism	I should have done something differently [1]
	I feel ashamed of something I've done [7]
	I'm really upset with myself [10]
	Something bad has happened to me [14]
Self-reinforcement	Something good has happened to me [2]
	am really happy for myself [5]
	I'm proud of something I've done [8]
	I want to reinforce myself for doing well [13]
Self-management	I need to figure out what I should do or say [3]
	I'm mentally exploring a possible course of action [9]
	I'm giving myself instructions or directions about what I should do or say [12]
	I want to remind myself of what I need to do [15]
Social assessment	I'm imagining how other people respond to things I've said [4]
	I want to analyze something that someone recently said to me [6]
	I try to anticipate what someone will say and how I'll respond to him or her [11]
	I want to replay something that I've said to another person [16]