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The Football Boost? Testing Three Models on Impacts on Sports Spectators’ Self-Esteem
Abstract
To explain the wide attraction to sports, self-esteem impacts of a live American college football game were investigated; testing hypotheses were derived from mood-as-information, social identity, and sociometer frameworks along with previous research on sports and self-esteem. A three-wave field study measured mood, group affiliation, and self-esteem among 174 students at two different universities, immediately before and on 2 consecutive days after the football teams of these universities played in a much anticipated game. Both self-esteem and mood were affected 2 days after the game; however, fans of the winning team showed increased self-esteem (with no related mood improvement) while fans of the defeated team showed decreases in mood (with no related self-esteem deflation). Both the game outcome and the social viewing context influenced self-esteem. Impacts on self-esteem were mediated by both mood and group affiliation changes.
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- Authors
- Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Abdallah, J. C., & Billings, A. C.
- Affiliations
- The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- University of Alabama (US)
- Corresponding author
- Abdallah, J.C.
- Venue
- Communication & Sport
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2019-02-19
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 236-261
- ISSN
- 2167-4795 (ISSN-L)
- 2167-4809
- OpenAlex
- W2916940375
- Cited by
- 11
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3
- FWCI
- 2.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communication & Sport (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sports, Gender, and Society
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Sports Analytics and Performance
- Keywords
- college football, sports spectators, self-esteem, mood, social identity, group membership, sports fandom, match outcome, university students
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