title: Applying the Team Identification-Social Psychological Health Model to older sport fans.
abstract: According to the Team Identification-Social Psychological Health Model (Wann, 2006b), team identification and social psychological health should be positively correlated because identification leads to important social connections which, in turn, facilitate well-being. Although past research substantiates the hypothesized positive relationship between team identification and well-being, earlier studies focused solely on college student populations. The current study extended past work in this area by investigating the team identification/well-being relationship among older sport fans. A sample of older adults (N = 96; M age = 70.82) completed scales assessing demographics, identification with a local college basketball team, and measures of social psychological well-being. As hypothesized, team identification accounted for a significant proportion of unique variance in two measures of social psychological health (collective self-esteem and loneliness).
authors: Department of Psychology, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky 42071, USA. dan.wann@murraystate.edu
authors: Daniel L
authors: DL
authors: Wann
authors: Kelly
authors: K
authors: Rogers
authors: Keith
authors: K
authors: Dooley
authors: Mary
authors: M
authors: Foley
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification; D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*