Perspectives on the home advantage: A comparison of football players, fans and referees

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• 作者：Melissa Anderson^a ; ^{melissa2.anderson@northumbria.ac.uk} ; Sandy Wolfson^b ; Nick Neave^b ; Mark Moss^b
• 关键词：Home advantage ; Perceptions ; Football
• 刊名：Psychology of Sport and Exercise
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：227_14690292
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：May, 2012
• 卷：13
• 期：3
• 页码：311-316
• 文件大小：156 K

摘要

Objectives

The study aimed to address the paucity of research pertaining to perceptions of causes of the home advantage. The views of three key personnel groups in football (soccer) were examined with regard to their perspectives.

Design and procedure

Players (n聽=聽94), fans (n聽=聽116) and referees (n聽=聽163) completed a ten-item questionnaire on which they rated the contribution of the most prominent factors known to influence the home advantage.

Results

Factor analysis revealed three subscales (officials, player state and home environment) relating to explanations for the home advantage. A MANOVA examining the groups鈥?ratings for these three subscales found that the fans and player gave higher ratings for the contribution of officials and player state than did referees, while the fans gave higher ratings for the home environment.

Conclusion

The present study provides an insight into conceptualisations of the home advantage from the perspectives of different football groups. The relevance of self-enhancement, emanating from motivational and information processing mechanisms, is considered.