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dc.contributor.authorButler, Daviden_UK
dc.contributor.authorButler, Roberten_UK
dc.contributor.authorSingleton, Carlen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-07T00:15:04Z-
dc.date.available2026-10-07T00:15:04Z-
dc.date.issued2026-12en_UK
dc.identifier.other102940en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/38377-
dc.description.abstractWe ask whether facing partisan audiences affects the execution of a skilled task. Our setting is penalty shootouts in the high-stakes environment of elite professional football (soccer). In this context, performers take penalties under intense pressure, while facing a subset of the crowd behind the goal who attempt to distract them through visual and auditory tactics. Using data on 1,322 penalties taken in the later rounds of major English cup competitions from 1992 to 2026, we find no evidence that having supportive allied spectators behind the goal provides a strategic advantage. This implies that elite professionals in this domain can effectively screen out crowd-induced distractions when performing under extreme stress.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.relationButler D, Butler R & Singleton C (2026) Do Professionals Choke in the Face of Pressure and Distraction?. <i>Journal of Economic Psychology</i>, 117, Art. No.: 102940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2026.102940en_UK
dc.rightsThis article is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC license and permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectperformanceen_UK
dc.subjectdistractionen_UK
dc.subjectpenalty kicksen_UK
dc.subjectfootballen_UK
dc.titleDo Professionals Choke in the Face of Pressure and Distraction?en_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.joep.2026.102940en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of Economic Psychologyen_UK
dc.citation.issn0167-4870en_UK
dc.citation.volume117en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailcarl.singleton@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.citation.date19/09/2026en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Corken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity College Corken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationStrategy, Operations, Analytics and Systemsen_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid105051174306en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid2298168en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-8247-8830en_UK
dc.date.accepted2026-09-15en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2026-09-15en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2026-09-16en_UK
dc.subject.tagBehavioural and Experimental Economicsen_UK
dc.subject.tagEconomics and Psychologyen_UK
dc.subject.tagFootballen_UK
dc.subject.tagSports Psychologyen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorButler, David|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorButler, Robert|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorSingleton, Carl|0000-0001-8247-8830en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2026-10-01en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/|2026-10-01|en_UK
local.rioxx.filename1-s2.0-S0167487026000644-main.pdfen_UK
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