BARANOWSKI PINTO, Gabriela, Peter MAŇO, Vitor LEONARDO DA SILVA PROFETA and Dimitrios XYGALATAS. Dynamics of Fan’s Experience during Basketball Games. In 29th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Boston. 2017.
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Original name Dynamics of Fan’s Experience during Basketball Games
Authors BARANOWSKI PINTO, Gabriela, Peter MAŇO, Vitor LEONARDO DA SILVA PROFETA and Dimitrios XYGALATAS.
Edition 29th Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention, Boston, 2017.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60300 6.3 Philosophy, Ethics and Religion
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech) šport; fanúšikovia; vzrušenie; kolektívne nabudenie; psycho-fyziologické stavy
Keywords in English sport; fans; arousal; collective effervescence; psycho-physiological states
Tags International impact
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Peter Maňo, M.A., Ph.D., učo 420063. Changed: 24/1/2018 21:09.
Abstract
Team sports can elicit intense emotions and foster strong group identities among fans. Previous literature suggests that collective arousal can lead to the alignment of psycho-physiological states, a phenomenon that is known as collective effervescence. But what exactly is it about the experience of attending sporting events that lead to this emotional alignment and the concomitant group affiliation? To address this question, an intriguing paradox was considered: UConn’s women’s team is the most successful female team in college basketball history. Despite this success, attendance has been dropping over the years, in contrast to that of the men’s team, which is less successful. We question if there are differences between the fan experience in both UConn Basketball teams. We looked at fans of the basketball teams of the University of Connecticut (UConn) and compared their physiological and psychological experiences while attending men’s and women’s games to quantify levels of collective effervescence as a proxy for group bonding.
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