Examining the Team Identification of Football Fans at the High School Level

Although sport fandom is often stereotypically associated with negative behaviors such as poor interpersonal skills and aggressiveness, theorists have suggested that, because sport fandom provides such a social and fun atmosphere, fandom may actually be related to psychological health. ... Research for the current study looked to expand prior research as the correlation between Team Identification and several factors, including psychological well-being, collective self-esteem, and community identification. ....

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2009

Author dc:creator

• Reding, Frank Nicholas

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Frederick G. Grieve (Director),Dr. Anthony R. Paquin,Dr. W. Pitt Derryberry

• sport fandom
• negative behaviors
• team identification
• high school football
• social aspects of football
• Community Psychology
• Personality and Social Contexts
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/66

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1066