@article{ref1,
title="Why do we follow sporting events?",
journal="Collegium antropologicum",
year="2009",
author="Pori, Maja and Jost, Bojan and Hosta, Milan and Pori, Primoz",
volume="33",
number="4",
pages="1065-1070",
abstract="The aim of the study was to investigate the motives for following sporting events and their dependence upon gender and age of spectators. The study was based on a survey of 1727 adult Slovenes. According to the results the most important motives could be classified in the category of Dionysian values. This means that the role of sport in a spectator's life is not that influential; it is much more considered a source of relaxation and pleasure. Higher values of all motives were given by men. Women found the motive &quot;National importance of sport&quot; more important, while the motives &quot;Attraction of sports&quot; and &quot;Competitiveness, fighting spirit, victory&quot; were placed higher by men. Younger spectators evaluated the motives higher, with motives &quot;Pleasure, Entertainment&quot; and &quot;Sport Dynamism&quot; being most important. The data reveal those attributes of sport that have always caught and will also continue to catch the eye of the spectators.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0350-6134",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}