Referees’ Decision-making and Player Gender: The Moderating Role of the Type of Situation

Souchon, Nicolas; Cabagno, Geneviève; Traclet, Alan; Dosseville, Fabrice; Livingstone, Andrew; V. Jones, Marc; R. Maio, Gregory

doi:10.1080/10413200903250476

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Referees’ Decision-making and Player Gender: The Moderating Role of the Type of Situation

Published in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology • Jan 29, 2010

Authors:

Nicolas Souchon

Geneviève Cabagno

Alan Traclet

Abstract

The influence of player gender on referees’ decision-making was examined in 30 handball matches played at the highest regional level. The results indicated that referees make more lenient decisions toward male players when administering sporting sanctions, but more severe decisions toward male playe...

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Psychology

Sanctions

Action (physics)

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