The Role of Emotion Regulation and Age in Experiencing Mediated Sports

Driel, Irene I. van; Gantz, Walter

doi:10.1177/2167479519861704

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“…It identifies a number of factors that contribute to diminishing fandom, with some exceptions; it also identifies gender as a factor for maturing fansand in perhaps surprising ways. This study builds on previous research published in the Communication & Sport by Gantz and colleagues over the past decade (e.g., van Driel & Gantz, 2021;van Driel et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 68%

On Advancing to Decade Two: Editorial Insights on Submission Congruence, Review Quality, and an Eye Toward the Future

Billings¹,

Hardin²

2022

Communication & Sport

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Section: In This Issuementioning

confidence: 68%

On Advancing to Decade Two: Editorial Insights on Submission Congruence, Review Quality, and an Eye Toward the Future

Billings¹,

Hardin²

2022

Communication & Sport

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“…Understanding the properties of the love–hate measure may assist sports clubs in identifying, preventing and controlling potential fan aggression during games. For instance, recruiting older fans to calm younger fans may help reduce fans' tensions during games, as older fans are less likely to experience intense emotions (van Driel and Gantz, 2019) and tend to be less aggressive than their young counterparts (Toder Alon et al , 2019).…”

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A new love–hate scale for sports fans

Shuv-Ami

Alon

Loureiro

et al. 2020

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PurposeThis study, an empirical research, aims to construct and validate a new love-hate scale for sports fans and tested its antecedents and consequences.Design/methodology/approachThe scale was designed and validated in three separate empirical survey studies in the context of Israeli professional basketball. In Phase 1, the authors verified the factorial validity of the proposed scale using exploratory factor analysis. In Phase 2, the authors conducted a confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling. In Phase 3, the authors tested the nomological network validity of the scale.FindingsThe findings show that fans' involvement, loyalty and fandom significantly predicted their love–hate, which in turn significantly predicted self-reported fan aggression, fans' acceptance of fan aggression, price premium and frequency of watching games.Research limitations/implicationsThe model was tested on a relatively small sample of fans within a single country. This lack of generalizability should be addressed in future studies by examining the model in other sports contexts and countries.Practical implicationsThis study suggests that understanding the properties of the love–hate measure may assist team sports clubs in identifying, preventing and controlling potential fan aggression.Originality/valueThe study provides three incremental contributions above and beyond existing research: it develops and validates a scale for measuring the phenomenon of sports fans' love and hate as mixed emotions; it makes it possible to capture the variations in the magnitude of fans' love–hate; and it relates fans' love–hate to important attitudinal and behavioral outcomes.

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“…The scholarly evidence supporting either of ESPN’s findings is both limited and mixed (e.g., Wheaton & Thorpe, 2019). A recent study found older adults just as likely to be sports fans as younger adults, but that they consume less sports media and value the outcomes of individual contests less (van Driel & Gantz, 2019). Another study suggested that avid sports fans become even more avid as they age, but that minimal fans’ avidity decreases over time (van Driel, Gantz, & Wenner, 2021).…”

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Sports Fanship Changes Across the Lifespan

Gantz

Lewis

2021

Communication & Sport

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Using two studies and two theoretical perspectives—socioemotional selectivity theory (SST) and social identity theory—this article examines the intensity of sports fanship across the adult lifespan. It is proposed that as adults age, emotional well-being increases, negative affect decreases, life satisfaction is enhanced, and self-identity is less dependent on group affiliation. All of these are likely to diminish the importance of sports fanship for most individuals over time. Adults aged 40 to 87 were surveyed in three data collections (combined N = 2,524). Study 1 used a 17-item measure to identify changes in sports fanship. Study 2 analyzed participants’ responses to an open-ended item that asked why their sports fanship decreased or increased over time. Results determined that most participants’ fanship significantly diminished with age. Key factors for this were lack of time, shifting priorities, and increasing maturity levels, with the latter marked by decreased passion. A minority of participants reported an increase in fanship, primarily because of a stronger connection to teams and the opportunity sports afforded them to spend time with their family and friends. Gender also mattered. The majority whose fanship decreased were male; the majority of those whose fanship increased were female.

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The Role of Emotion Regulation and Age in Experiencing Mediated Sports

Cited by 12 publications

References 28 publications

On Advancing to Decade Two: Editorial Insights on Submission Congruence, Review Quality, and an Eye Toward the Future

On Advancing to Decade Two: Editorial Insights on Submission Congruence, Review Quality, and an Eye Toward the Future

A new love–hate scale for sports fans

Sports Fanship Changes Across the Lifespan

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