Sports Fans as Partisans: How Team Attachment Affects Scandal Reaction

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Brief Overview

Using an experimental design, we examine how attachment to a sports team affects reaction to a sports scandal.

Authors

• Debra Lynn Leiter, University of Missouri-Kansas City

• Beth Miller Vonnahme, University of Missouri-Kansas City