University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Promoting eudaimonic well-being through team identification among distant fans: The mediating role of social support
Abstract
dc:descriptionWhile sport management scholars have described the relationship between team identification and well-being among local fans, little research has been done on the mechanism whereby team identification improves well-being among distant fans. Using a social identity approach, this study investigates the mediating role of social support in the association between team identification and eudaimonic well-being among distant fans. The study surveyed 497 U.S.- based distant fans of the English Premier League club and conducted mediation analysis using PROCESS macro-Version 4.2. This study found that team identification produces social support among distant fans, and social support positively predicts eudaimonic well-being. Furthermore, social support was found to play a mediating role in the relationship between team identification and eudaimonic well-being. These findings demonstrate that distant fans can gain psychological benefits from identifying with a foreign sport team even despite not being physically present at sporting events. Therefore, this study suggests that professional sport teams could contribute to the improvement of distant fans’ well-being, regardless of their geographical location.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.S.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Recreation, Sport, and Tourism
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2023
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Cho, Honglae
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Sato, Mikihiro
- Stodolska, Monika
Subjects
dc:subject × 6Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Copyright 2023 Honglae Cho
- Language dc:language
- en, eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120421