@article{ref1,
title="The "noble" sports fan: the relationships between team identification, self-esteem, and aggression",
journal="Perceptual and motor skills",
year="1994",
author="Wann, D. L.",
volume="78",
number="3",
pages="864-866",
abstract="Authors have disagreed on whether sports spectating has positive or negative consequences for individuals and society. Based on Smith's 1988 discussion of &quot;the noble sports fan,&quot; the current research tested the prediction that identification with a sports team would be positively related to collective or group's self-esteem and not related to trait scores of aggression. The hypothesis was confirmed. Discussion centers on patterns of the observed correlations.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-5125",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}