Behavioral momentum in sports: A partial replication with women's basketball.

Henry S. Roane, Michael E. Kelley, Nicole M. Trosclair, & Lindsay S. Hauer (2004). Behavioral momentum in sports: A partial replication with women's basketball. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 37, 385-390.

Previous research has applied the behavioral momentum metaphor to men’s college basketball. In the current investigation, the relative rate of reinforcement prior to and following adversities (e.g., turnovers, fouls) and periods of time-out were examined in a subset of women's college basketball games.

DESCRIPTORS: basketball, behavioral momentum, resistance to change