Athens' failed bid for the Olympic Games: The role of ego-involvement and affect on the collective self-esteem of Greek Canadians

For Canadian-born Greek Canadians, the failure of Athens' bid was presumed to evoke social comparison at a group level. Although this process may influence social identity (collective self-esteem), the effect was expected to be qualified by the subject's degree of involvement or self-engag...

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Published inEuropean journal of social psychology Vol. 22; no. Jul-Aug 92; pp. 375 - 385
Main Author Lay, C H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.1992
Subjects
Ego involvement
Factors
Greek Canadian people
Olympic Games
Proposals
Social identity
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ISSN0046-2772

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Summary:For Canadian-born Greek Canadians, the failure of Athens' bid was presumed to evoke social comparison at a group level. Although this process may influence social identity (collective self-esteem), the effect was expected to be qualified by the subject's degree of involvement or self-engagement with the event. Results were interpreted as consistent with previous research linking group failure to increased group cohesion and involvement with stability in the attitude-change literature. (Abstract amended)
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ISSN:0046-2772