2026-09-23T09:39:44Z https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/120421 2023-09-05 col_2142_5131 col_2142_14846 com_2142_5130 com_2142_14845 com_2142_9614

Sato, Mikihiro Stodolska, Monika 2023-05 application/pdf en text Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01 The student, Honglae Cho, accepted the attached license on 2023-05-01 at 14:50. The student, Honglae Cho, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2023-05-01 at 22:51. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2023-05-03 at 11:45. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19177 on 2023-09-01 at 17:14:56 Promoting eudaimonic well-being through team identification among distant fans: The mediating role of social support Cho, Honglae 2023-05-03 Social Identity Approach Team Identification Eudaimonic Well-being Health Social Support Distant Fans While sport management scholars have described the relationship between team identification and well-being among local fans, little research has been done on the mechanism whereby team identification improves well-being among distant fans. Using a social identity approach, this study investigates the mediating role of social support in the association between team identification and eudaimonic well-being among distant fans. The study surveyed 497 U.S.- based distant fans of the English Premier League club and conducted mediation analysis using PROCESS macro-Version 4.2. This study found that team identification produces social support among distant fans, and social support positively predicts eudaimonic well-being. Furthermore, social support was found to play a mediating role in the relationship between team identification and eudaimonic well-being. These findings demonstrate that distant fans can gain psychological benefits from identifying with a foreign sport team even despite not being physically present at sporting events. Therefore, this study suggests that professional sport teams could contribute to the improvement of distant fans’ well-being, regardless of their geographical location. Text eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120421 Copyright 2023 Honglae Cho M.S. Thesis Recreation, Sport, and Tourism University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Recreation, Sport and Tourism