Identification with sport teams as a function of the searchfor certainty

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1203-1211

  Dimmock, James A ^a   Grove, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Structure; Team identification; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL NEEDS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; TEAM SPORT; THEORY; UNCERTAINTY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPORTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33750057369     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500497626     Document Type: Article

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