Psychological processes connecting team identification and social well-being for middle-aged and older adults: moderated mediation of subjective and objective on-field performance

Authors: Inoue, Y., Lock, D., Sato, M. and Funk, D.C.

Journal: Sport Management Review

Volume: 25

Issue: 2

Pages: 207-233

ISSN: 1441-3523

DOI: 10.1080/14413523.2021.1917246

Abstract:

To cultivate the potential of sport spectatorship to enhance social well-being, a greater understanding of underlying psychological processes is essential. Using the social identity approach as a theoretical framework, we investigate how identification with a sport team interacts with subjective and objective measures of on-field team performance to affect social well-being. Data from 790 U.S. middle-aged and older adults were analysed through a path model combining mediation and moderation. The results indicate that the relationship between team identification and social life satisfaction–a measure of social well-being–is fully mediated by subjective perceptions of a favourite team’s on-field performance. In addition, this mediating effect increases as the objective on-field performance decreases. These findings reveal that team identification drives spectators to subjectively judge their favourite team’s performance, which serves as a coping strategy to enhance their social well-being when the team is performing poorly. Our evidence implies that sport organisations with middling to poor performance records may leverage social and community events to promote consumer social well-being.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35380/

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Psychological processes connecting team identification and social well-being for middle-aged and older adults: moderated mediation of subjective and objective on-field performance

Authors: Inoue, Y., Lock, D., Sato, M. and Funk, D.C.

Journal: SPORT MANAGEMENT REVIEW

Volume: 25

Issue: 2

Pages: 207-233

eISSN: 1839-2083

ISSN: 1441-3523

DOI: 10.1080/14413523.2021.1917246

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35380/

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Psychological Processes Connecting Team Identification and Social Well-Being for Middle Aged and Older Adults: Moderated Mediation of Subjective and Objective On-Field Performance

Authors: Inoue, Y., Lock, D., Sato, M. and Funk, D.

Journal: Sport Management Review

Publisher: Elsevier

ISSN: 1441-3523

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35380/

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Psychological Processes Connecting Team Identification and Social Well-Being for Middle Aged and Older Adults: Moderated Mediation of Subjective and Objective On-Field Performance

Authors: Inoue, Y., Lock, D., Sato, M. and Funk, D.

Journal: Sport Management Review

Volume: 25

Issue: 2

Pages: 207-233

ISSN: 1441-3523

Abstract:

To cultivate the potential of sport spectatorship to enhance social well-being, a greater understanding of underlying psychological processes is essential. Using the social identity approach as a theoretical framework, we investigate how identification with a sport team interacts with subjective and objective measures of on-field team performance to affect social well-being. Data from 790 U.S. middle-aged and older adults were analysed through a path model combining mediation and moderation. The results indicate that the relationship between team identification and social life satisfaction—a measure of social well-being—is fully mediated by subjective perceptions of a favourite team’s on-field performance. In addition, this mediating effect increases as objective on-field performance decreases. These findings reveal that team identification drives spectators to subjectively judge their favourite team’s performance, which serves as a coping strategy to enhance their social well-being when the team is performing poorly. Our evidence implies that sport organisations with middling to poor performance records may leverage social and community events to promote consumer social well-being.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35380/

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