Refining the relationship between ingroup identification and identity management strategies in the sport context: The moderating role of gender and the mediating role of negative mood

Group Processes and Intergroup Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 639-652

  Bernache Assollant, Iouri ^a   Laurin, Raphaël ^b   Bouchet, Patrick ^b   Bodet, Guillaume ^c   Lacassagne, Marie Françoise ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

gender; identity management strategy; ingroup identification; negative mood; social identity approach; sport spectators

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956821912     PISSN: 13684302     EISSN: 14617188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1368430210369680     Document Type: Article

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