Emotional Manipulation and Task Distraction as Strategy: The Effects of Insulting Trash Talk on Motivation and Performance in a Competitive Setting

Autor: Karen C. P. McDermott, Kenneth A. Lachlan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Communication Studies. 72:915-936
ISSN: 1745-1035
1051-0974
Popis: This exploratory study modeled the effects of verbally aggressive insults, or “trash talk,” on an opponent’s performance in a competitive setting. A hypothesized model predicted that the perception...
Databáze: OpenAIRE