Choking under pressure in online and live esports competitions

IF 2.3 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-10-04 DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106760

Iuliia Naidenova , Petr Parshakov , Igor Tylkin , Gleb Vasiliev

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Abstract

This paper explores the phenomenon of choking under pressure within the context of esports, particularly focusing on the difference between online and live competitive settings and on high-pressure situations during overtime rounds. Employing a quasi-experimental design, the research leverages an extensive dataset covering professional CS:GO matches from 2012 to 2022 (match-level) and from 2015 to 2023 (round-level), including performance metrics such as players' ratings, headshot percentages, and teammate damage. The findings indicate a substantial decrease in the performance of esports players during overtime. This effect, however, is significantly mitigated in online competitions compared to live events. The study also reveals that while individual performance suffers under pressure, the impact on team coordination is less pronounced in online settings, suggesting that the virtual environment might offer a buffer against the negative effects of stress on team dynamics. This study enriches our understanding of performance psychology in digital settings but also opens up new avenues for research on stress, teamwork, and performance in professional and virtual environments.

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在线和现场电竞比赛中的窒息压力

本文探讨了电子竞技中压力下的窒息现象，尤其关注在线和现场竞技环境的差异以及加时赛中的高压情况。研究采用了准实验设计，利用了广泛的数据集，涵盖了 2012 年至 2022 年（比赛层面）和 2015 年至 2023 年（回合层面）的职业 CS:GO 比赛，包括玩家评分、爆头率和队友伤害等性能指标。研究结果表明，电竞玩家在加时赛中的表现会大幅下降。不过，与现场赛事相比，这种影响在在线比赛中得到明显缓解。研究还发现，虽然个人表现在压力下会受到影响，但在在线环境下，团队协调受到的影响并不明显，这表明虚拟环境可能会提供缓冲，以抵消压力对团队动力的负面影响。这项研究丰富了我们对数字环境中绩效心理学的理解，同时也为专业和虚拟环境中的压力、团队合作和绩效研究开辟了新的途径。

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Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ECONOMICS-

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3.80

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9.10%

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392

期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization is devoted to theoretical and empirical research concerning economic decision, organization and behavior and to economic change in all its aspects. Its specific purposes are to foster an improved understanding of how human cognitive, computational and informational characteristics influence the working of economic organizations and market economies and how an economy structural features lead to various types of micro and macro behavior, to changing patterns of development and to institutional evolution. Research with these purposes that explore the interrelations of economics with other disciplines such as biology, psychology, law, anthropology, sociology and mathematics is particularly welcome.