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Sport identification, moral perceptions, and collective action: a study with young football players

Sport identification, moral perceptions, and collective action: a study with young football players

Cocco, Veronica Margherita, Bisagno, Elisa, Cadamuro, Alessia, Rubichi, Sandro, Stathi, Sofia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1218-5239 and Vezzali, Loris (2023) Sport identification, moral perceptions, and collective action: a study with young football players. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. ISSN 1052-9284 (Print), 1099-1298 (Online) (doi:10.1002/casp.2715)

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Abstract

We conducted a cross-sectional study investigating whether sport identity predicts different forms of collective action intentions aimed to redress the unfavorable condition faced by disadvantaged individuals. In doing so, moral perceptions (moral convictions, moral violation and moral obligation) were tested as mediators. Participants were young football players from the grassroots of a professional Italian club (N = 111). Results revealed that sport identification was indirectly associated with greater willingness to engage in both normative and non-normative solidarity-based collective action via stronger moral obligation perceptions; moral convictions mediated the relationship between sport identification and normative collective action, while no mediation effects emerged for moral violation. We discuss findings in relation to collective action and sport research.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: sport, social identity, morality, moral obligation, collective action
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Inequalities
Last Modified: 06 Jul 2023 12:26
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42958

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