Dimensions of Sense of Membership in a Sport Fan Community: Factors, Outcomes, and Social Capital Implications

Through developing the Sport Fan Sense of Community (SFSC) scale, this study examined the factors that would constitute a sense of membership in a sport fan community, the impact of these factors on behavioral and psychological outcomes of membership, and their influence on the creation and maintenance of social capital through membership in the sport fan community. Sport fans ( N = 525) were surveyed and data were analyzed through a two-step...