Includes bibliographical references and index.

Can Spectators' Mood Be Manipulated & Maintained in a Losing Game?: Interaction between Team Identification & Pre-Game Mood -- Identity Foreclosure? A Preliminary Investigation of Self-Complexity in Sport -- The Positive Relationship between Sport Team Identification & Social Psychological Well-Being : Identification with Favorite Teams versus Local Teams -- Social Interaction Effect on Interleague Play Attendance : The Case of the Japan Professional Baseball League -- Do the Best MLB Athletes Receive Coverage Regardless of Race & Nationality? A Content Analysis of Sport Magazines -- The Influence of Instrumental Motives & Daily Hassles on Spectator Aggression at Little League Baseball Games -- Shame in Sport : Issues & Directions -- The Fair Labor Standards Act in Intercollegiate Athletics : A Social Identity Perspective -- Team Identification, Fan Dysfunction, & Social Psychological Well-Being: Further Investigation of the Team Identification - Social Psychological Health Model -- A Deconstruction of Aggression & Violence in Youth Sport : Theoretical Frameworks Explaining Behavior -- International Students' Sport Spectator Behavior : Socialization & Cultural Expression

This book presents and discusses social issues involved in sports and athletics, as well as an examination of varying topics in sport psychology. Topics discussed include an investigation of self-complexity in sport; the relationship between sport team identification and sport psychological well-being; the social interaction effect on interleague play attendance; shame in sports; aggression and violence in youth...