Gender differences in reaction to psychological pressure: evidence from tennis players

Using data on about 35,000 professional tennis matches, we test whether men and women react differently to psychological pressure arising from the outcomes of sequential stages in a competition. We show that, with respect to men, women losing the first set are much more likely to play poorly the sec...

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Volume:	26
Main Author:	De Paola, Maria Scoppa, Vincenzo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Place of publication:	ABINGDON Routledge 04.05.2017 ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Psychology Press
published in:	European journal of work and organizational psychology Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 444 - 456
Data of publication:	5/4/2017
ISSN:	1359-432X 1464-0643
EISSN:	1464-0643
Discipline:	Psychology Business
Subjects:	feedback Gender differences psychological pressure tennis Psychology, Applied Business & Economics Social Sciences Management Psychology Women Tennis feedback MARKET MOMENTUM COMPETITION FIELD INTENSITY Gender differences SEX-DIFFERENCES psychological pressure tennis EVALUATIVE FEEDBACK HOT HAND
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2017 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Database information Databases - DBIS