University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Murray State University, Murray, KY, USA.
J Aging Health. 2020 Aug-Sep;32(7-8):530-542. doi: 10.1177/0898264319835654. Epub 2019 Mar 15.
We investigate how (a) attendance at sport games and (b) identification with a sport team as fans (i.e., team identification) influence older adults' perceptions of emotional support, belonging, and subjective well-being (SWB). An experimental pilot study was conducted with 50 older adults, followed by a main survey study administered to 534 older adults from various communities across the United States. Pilot study results indicated that game attendance and team identification had a positive and significant influence on older adults' perceptions of emotional support from fellow team fans. These results were replicated in the main study, which also showed that older adults' perceived emotional support from fellow fans was positively associated with their sense of belonging which predicted their SWB. The findings provide insights into how older adults may be engaged in meaningful forms of social life to help them maintain and enhance mental health.
我们研究了（a）观看体育比赛和（b）作为球迷对运动队的认同（即团队认同）如何影响老年人对情感支持、归属感和主观幸福感（SWB）的认知。我们进行了一项有 50 名老年人参与的实验性初步研究，随后对来自美国各地不同社区的 534 名老年人进行了一项主要调查研究。初步研究结果表明，观看比赛和对运动队的认同对老年人从其他球迷那里获得情感支持的认知有积极和显著的影响。这些结果在主要研究中得到了复制，该研究还表明，老年人从其他球迷那里感受到的情感支持与他们的归属感呈正相关，归属感又预测了他们的 SWB。这些发现为了解老年人如何参与有意义的社交生活以帮助他们保持和增进心理健康提供了思路。
