Two hours after the goal celebrations: The effect of football results on the well-being of viewers
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 - 10:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Football results can raise the immediate sense of well-being for viewers, but are unlikely to sustain it in the longer-term. Through a specially-designed smartphone app, scientists were able to show that the final results of football games have a shorter and less intensive effect as previously thought. The psychologists asked the study participants questions about their sense of well-being via the smartphone app before and after the group stage games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.