Neural correlates of fanhood: the role of fan identity and team brand strength.

Introduction: We analyzed the importance of fan identity and brand strength on fans' neural reactions to different team-related stimuli.

Methods: A total of 53 fMRI scans with fans of two professional sport teams were conducted. Following up on a previous study we focused on the differences between fandom levels as well as the contrast between two team "brand" strength.

Does pro-environmental attitude predicts pro-environmental behavior? Comparing sustainability connection in emotional and cognitive environments among football fans and university students.

Environmental sustainability is an imperative topic in contemporary business-related research, aiming to understand and predict how individuals' environmentally friendly behaviors can be encouraged. This research aims to empirically examine the relationship between individuals' pro-environmental attitude and pro-environmental behavior; and to compare two groups of individuals that encompass emotional and cognitive links to environmental sustainability: emotionally involved sport fans and socially conscious university students. Two studies, involving more than 1400 respondents, were conducted.

Sports ingroup love does not make me like the sponsor's beverage but gets me buying it.

Previous literature has shown that social identity influences consumer decision-making towards branded products. However, its influence on ones' own sensory perception of an ingroup (or outgroup) associated brand's product (i.e.

Personal and Social Responsibility among Athletes: the Role of Self-Determination, Achievement Goals and Engagement.

The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between motivation, engagement and personal and social responsibility among athletes. Based on the literature, a survey was conducted including measures of motivation, considering task orientation and ego orientation, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and amotivation. We also measured the components of engagement (dedication, confidence, vigor and enthusiasm) and the components of personal and social responsibility.

Validation of the Portuguese version of the Personal Outcomes Scale.

Background/objective: Quality of life (QOL) is actually helpful to organizations for guiding personalized support plans and enhance personal outcomes. However, there is a lack of consensus about the QOL construct in the field of intellectual disability (ID). This study aims (a) to analyze the first-order factor structure (i.