Sandbagging in competition: Responding to the pressure of being the favorite

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1119-1130

  Gibson, Bryan ^a   Sachau, Daniel ^b   Doll, Bruce ^b   Shumate, Roberta ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044532420     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/01461672022811010     Document Type: Article

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