Athletes' Perceptions of the Home Advantage: An Investigation of Perceived Causal Factors

By S. Bray. 2000

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Development and Preliminary Validation of the Collective Efficacy Questionnaire for Sports (2005, methodology): “Our review shows that there are several sport-specific measures of collective efficacy; for example, baseball (Sturm & Short, 2004), basketball (Bray & Widmeyer, 2000), bowling (Moritz, 1998), football (Myers, Feltz, & Short, 2004), hockey (Feltz & Lirgg, 1998), rowing (Magyar et al., 2004), rugby…”
Statistical analyses of basketball team performance: understanding teams’ wins and losses according to a different index of ball possessions (2003, background): “Generally, away teams have strong perceptions of opponents’ home advantage (Bray and Widmeyer, 2000), which may lead them to attempt less long distance shots (because they are unfamiliar with the court and baskets and the crowd is probably hostile).”
Sport Psychology: Contemporary Themes (2004, background): “What may be equally significant is the expectation of players that there is a home advantage (Bray and Widmeyer, 2000), although what is meant by ‘home’ may be worthy of further study.”