Abstract
The authors investigated the use of proactive pessimism among college basketball fans. Rather than assess evaluations of an upcoming season as with previous work on proactive pessimism among fans, Grieve and Wann examined evaluations of a specific game.
Disciplines
American Popular Culture | Other Psychology | Sports Studies
Recommended Repository Citation
Grieve, Frederick G. and Wann, Daniel L., "The Coping Strategies of Highly Identified Sport Fans: The Importance of Team Success on Tendencies to Utilize Proactive Pessimism" (2007). Psychology Faculty Publications. Paper 2.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/psyc_fac_pub/2
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Comments
Presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference, Louisville, Kentucky,November 2007, with theme "Cause and Affect: Correlates and Emotional States Involved in Sport Fandom." Other presentations included with that of the authors posted by permission.