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Soccer results affect subjective well-being, but only briefly: a smartphone study during the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Psychology, May 2015
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Title
Soccer results affect subjective well-being, but only briefly: a smartphone study during the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Published in
Frontiers in Psychology, May 2015
DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00497
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Authors

Stefan Stieger, Friedrich M Götz, Fabienne Gehrig

Abstract

The current research examined the effects of soccer match results on spectators' subjective well-being. Across the group stage of the soccer World Cup 2014, German-speaking participants indicated their well-being three times per day through a smartphone-based science app. In line with proposed hypotheses, comparisons of data taken after the three matches of the German national team showed robust effects, revealing that well-being was higher among spectators than non-spectators, with effects increasing as a function of goal difference. Moreover, this gain in well-being was only found in spectators supporting the German soccer team, allowing us to rule out a general emotional contagion effect affecting all spectators. Although soccer results are associated with national identity and pride, their effects on subjective well-being were short-lived and only affected supporters.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Germany 1 2%
Canada 1 2%
Unknown 61 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 12 19%
Student > Bachelor 9 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 13%
Researcher 6 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 8%
Other 8 13%
Unknown 15 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 14 22%
Sports and Recreations 9 14%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 8%
Social Sciences 5 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 5%
Other 10 16%
Unknown 17 27%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 December 2022.
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#728,945
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Outputs from Frontiers in Psychology
#1,502
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#8,585
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Outputs of similar age from Frontiers in Psychology
#30
of 497 outputs
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