• DOI:10.1002/EJSP.2420160405
Corpus ID: 144900528

A review of paradoxical performance effects: Choking under pressure in sports and mental tests

@article{Baumeister1986ARO,
  title={A review of paradoxical performance effects: Choking under pressure in sports and mental tests},
  author={R. Baumeister and C. Showers},
  journal={European Journal of Social Psychology},
  year={1986},
  volume={16},
  pages={361-383}
}

R. Baumeister, C. Showers

Published 1986

Psychology

European Journal of Social Psychology

Paradoxical performance effects (‘choking under pressure’) are defined as the occurrence of inferior performance despite striving and incentives for superior performance. Experimental demonstrations of these effects on tasks analogous to athletic performance and the theories that may explain them are reviewed. At present, attentional theories seem to offer the most complete explanation of the processes underlying paradoxical performance effects. In particular, choking may result from… CONTINUE READING

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