Fanatic Support for Soccer Teams in the Iranian League Case of Yazd University Students
Volume 10, Issue 3, Summer 2009, Pages 85-105
M. Parsamehr, R. Torkan
Abstract This article attempts to examine factors influencing students’ fanatic support for the Iranian football league. Aided by a questionnaire, this survey research was conducted on a sample with a volume of 232 students enrolled at YazdUniversity. The students were selected via random systematic sampling and cross-sectional methods. The Cronbach’s alpha was obtained to be at 0.825. Results indicate the existence of a significant relationship between role model and fanatic support for soccer teams. Moreover, between the amount of mass media consumption and fanatic support for the soccer teams, a significant relationship was found. Nonetheless, no indication of a relationship was seen between socio-economic status and the act of fanatic support. Nor was there any relationship between the majoring area of the students and fanatic support for the soccer teams. In addition, in our study we found out that fanatic support for the teams was gender sensitive in that it differed according to the students’ gender.