Expectancy effects in tennis: The impact of opponents' pre-match non-verbal behaviour on male tennis players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1265-1272

  Buscombe, Richard ^a   Greenlees, Iain ^b   Holder, Tim ^b   Thelwell, Richard ^c   Rimmer, Matt ^b  

^a South East Essex College ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body language; Interpersonal perception; Non verbal communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLOTHING; GESTURE; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENNIS; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLOTHING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; TENNIS;

EID: 33751118218     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600598281     Document Type: Article

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