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dc.contributor.authorInoue, Yuhei
dc.contributor.authorSato, Mikihiro
dc.contributor.authorFilo, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorDu, James
dc.contributor.authorFunk, Daniel C
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-28T04:32:53Z
dc.date.available2017-11-28T04:32:53Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0888-4773
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/jsm.2016-0295
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/351662
dc.description.abstractElite and professional sport events have been recognized as potential mechanisms to enhance well-being. This multicountry study investigates how engagement in such events, behaviorally through live spectating and psychologically through team identification, is associated with life satisfaction. Data from Australia (N = 268) revealed a positive association between live spectating and life satisfaction through a two-wave design measuring live spectating and life satisfaction in separate surveys. Data from the United States (N = 564) confirmed the live spectating–life satisfaction relationship found in Study 1. Additionally, Study 2 revealed individuals with higher levels of team identification perceived greater emotional support from other fans, and this perception, in turn, predicted life satisfaction. Our findings provide sport managers with implications for positioning appeals in support of sport programs and designing events that facilitate engagement to promote life satisfaction in the community.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHuman Kinetics
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom419
dc.relation.ispartofpageto432
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Sport Management
dc.relation.ispartofvolume31
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3504
dc.titleSport spectatorship and life satisfaction: A multicountry investigation
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
dc.description.versionAccepted Manuscript (AM)
gro.rights.copyright© 2017 Human Kinetics. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal website for access to the definitive, published version.
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gro.griffith.authorFilo, Kevin R.


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