The Norelco Sport Fanatics Survey: Examining behaviors of sport fans

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 930-936

  Wann, Daniel L ^a   Friedman, Kim ^b   McHale, Meredith ^b   Jaffe, Andrew ^c  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Selvage and Lee ^*  (China)

^c Norelco Consumer Products Company

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; LEISURE; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; RADIO; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPORTS; TELEVISION;

EID: 4243085787     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.3.930     Document Type: Article

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