Understanding football: Contributions of social psychology;Fußball verstehen - Beiträge der sozialpsychologie: Ein brennpunkt zur fußballweltmeisterschaft 2006

Zeitschrift fur Sozialpsychologie

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 59-71

  Plessner, Henning ^a   Freytag, Peter ^a   Strauß, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Football; Home team advantage; Intergroup conflict; Judgmental bias; Soccer; Social psychology and sports

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745170336     PISSN: 00443514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0044-3514.37.2.59     Document Type: Review

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