Soccer results affect subjective well-being, but only briefly: A smartphone study during the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Stieger, Stefan ^a   Götz, Friedrich M ^a   Gehrig, Fabienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotional contagion; Positive psychology; Science app; Smartphone study; Soccer world cup; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930932833     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00497     Document Type: Article

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