Resumen: Home advantage in competitive sports is well documented despite some contradictory results. Previous studies have identified 5 main causes of home advantage in competitive sports: crowd, familiarity, travels, rules and territoriality. Moreover, several studies have proposed the influence of these factors over psychological and behavioral states in athletes, coaches and referees. The present review summarizes the available scientific evidences about home advantage in sport and tries to identify the environmental and psychological causes of this phenomenon. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.11144/Javeriana.UPSY12-3.hasp Año: 2013 Publicado en: Universitas Psychologica 12, 3 (2013), 933-943 ISSN: 1657-9267 Factor impacto JCR: 0.211 (2013) Categ. JCR: PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 119 / 129 = 0.922 (2013) - Q4 - T3 Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva) Área (Departamento): Área Educación Física y Depor. (Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería)