Sport fan attachment and the psychological continuum model: A case study of an australian football league fan

Leisure/ Loisir

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-138

  de Groot, Marieke ^a   Robinson, Tom ^a  

^a Research Group in Health Care and Nursing   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attachment; Fandom; Identity formation; Psychological continuum model

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016641520     PISSN: 14927713     EISSN: 21512221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14927713.2008.9651402     Document Type: Article

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