Home Advantage and Sports Performance: Evidence, Causes and Psychological Implications

Home advantage in competitive sports is well documented despite some contradictory results. Previous studies have identified 5 main causes of home advantage in competitive sports: crowd, familiarity, travels, rules and territoriality. Moreover, several studies have proposed the influence of these factors over psychological and behavioral states in athletes, coaches and referees. The present review summarizes the available scientific evidences about home advantage in sport and tries to identify the environmental and psychological causes of this phenomenon.

• Autores: Legaz Arrese, Alejandro; Moliner Urdiales, Diego; Universidad Jaume I; Munguía Izquierdo, Diego
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2013
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Repositorio: Repositorio Universidad Javeriana
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.javeriana.edu.co:10554/33038
• Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revPsycho/article/view/1365; http://hdl.handle.net/10554/33038
• Palabra clave: null; Home advantage, sport, competition, performance, psychology
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional