Strong Attachment to Heroes: How Does It Occur and Affect People’s Self-Efficacy and Ultimately Quality of Life?

Jun, Mina; Kim, Chung K.; Han, Jeongsoo; Kim, Miyea; Kim, Joshua Y.

doi:10.1007/s11482-014-9369-4

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“…(Pedro et al, 2016 ) 89.01% Strong attachment to heroes: How does It occur and affect people’s self-efficacy and ultimately quality of life? (Jun et al, 2016 ) 88.63% Consumer well-being (CWB): The effects of self-image congruence, brand-community belongingness, brand loyalty, and consumption recency (Grzeskowiak & Sirgy, 2007 ) 88.15% The effects of shopping well-being and shopping ill-being on consumer life satisfaction (Ekici et al, 2018 ) 86.83% 2. Character Strength Differential relationships of light and darker forms of humor with mindfulness (Hofmann et al, 2020 ) 95.47% Character strengths and PERMA: Investigating the relationships of character strengths with a multidimensional framework of well-being (Wagner et al, 2020 ) 92.13% Character strengths – stability, change, and relationships with well-being changes (Gander et al, 2020 ) 91.26% Psychometric characteristics of the German values in action inventory of strengths 120-item short form (Höfer et al, 2020 ) 90.46% Validation of the 2012 European Social Survey measurement of wellbeing in seventeen European countries (Charalampi et al, 2020 ) 90.38% 3.…”

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Applied Research in Quality of Life: A Computational Literature Review

Weismayer

2021

Applied Research Quality Life

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As quality of life (QoL) is a highly interdisciplinary topic with a multitude of related research areas, it is beneficial to avail researchers of an overview of the different streams explored in the field. Furthermore, knowledge of prominent sub-domains helps researchers identify links and overlaps between QoL and their fields of interest. To meet these needs, a text-mining-based computational literature review (CLR) of the journal of Applied Research in Quality of Life (ARQOL) was conducted using a machine learning process, latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA), in combination with selection criteria for the decision on the number of topics. The outcome provides the reader with a list of the twelve most heavily discussed topics: 1) consumption & materialism, 2) character strength, 3) spirituality, religiousness & personal beliefs, 4) inequality, 5) leisure & tourism, 6) health related QoL (HRQoL) I, 7) quality of working life (QWL), 8) childhood & adolescence, 9) disparity & development, 10) disorder, 11) community issues, and 12) health related QoL (HRQoL) II. In addition, authors, titles, and publication dates are listed for the top-5-ranked papers that most typify these topics. Subsequent content summaries of these papers reveal more detailed information, such as measurement constructs and theories.

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Applied Research in Quality of Life: A Computational Literature Review

Weismayer

2021

Applied Research Quality Life

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“…Consequently, emotional attachment should play an important role in explaining the persuasive power of influencers on their follow-up (Cha et al, 2010;Yang & Sia, 2018). In this research, influencer emotional attachment has been assessed using a scale based on the instruments developed by Sánchez-Fernández and Jiménez-Castillo ( 2021), which bases their scale on the items from the works of Hammitt et al (2009), Jun et al (2016), andThomson et al (2005). Items were measured with 7-point Likert scales…”

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“…Consequently, emotional attachment should play an important role in explaining the persuasive power of influencers on their follow‐up (Cha et al, 2010; Yang & Sia, 2018). In this research, influencer emotional attachment has been assessed using a scale based on the instruments developed by Sánchez‐Fernández and Jiménez‐Castillo (2021), which bases their scale on the items from the works of Hammitt et al (2009), Jun et al (2016), and Thomson et al (2005). Items were measured with 7‐point Likert scales (1 = strongly disagree to 7 = strongly agree and included elements such as “I feel emotionally connected to the influencers that I follow,” “I feel a bond with the influencers that I follow,” “I am very attached to the influencers that I follow,” “The influencers that I follow are special for me,” “I miss the influencers that I follow when they do not post an entry or I cannot view their posts.” Finally, a CFA was conducted on the scales of the variable influencer emotional attachment (Cronbach's α = 0.958), which confirmed good results ( χ 2 /df = 2.524, p = 0.027; NFI = 0.991; IFI = 0.995; TLI = 0.989; CFI = 0.995; RMSEA = 0.079, AVE = 0.824).…”

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Is this really me? Investigating brand personality self‐congruity on consumer behavior in video‐based social media

Bargoni,

Giachino,

Gutuleac

et al. 2024

Psychology and Marketing

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This research aims to explore the role of brand personality self‐congruity (BPC) in affecting consumers' purchase behavior in a particular setting: video‐based social media (i.e., TikTok). Moreover, we test the moderating role of consumers' emotional attachment to the influencer and the mediating role of brand engagement in affecting purchase intention. Finally, we delve into the antecedents of influencer effectiveness and their relationship with consumers' actual purchases. To do so, we leverage two quantitative studies (n1 = 248; n3 = 247) and a qualitative one. Results from Study 1 indicate that the lower consumers perceive the gap between the brand personality and self‐image, the more they are inclined to engage with and purchase a brand. Moreover, we find that the emotional attachment to the influencer does not play a role in influencing purchase intention, positing that emotional attachment and BPC have different emotion dynamics with different purchase outcomes. Building on Study 1, Study 2 leverages a focus group to identify the antecedents of influencer effectiveness. Results highlight that a sense of indulgence appears in the minds of consumers when confronted with brands that have a lower congruity with their self. This sense of indulgence, in the case of low BPC, hinders the ability of the influencer to create an engagement between the brand and the consumer. Finally, Study 3 quantitatively tests the antecedents of influencer effectiveness under two conditions (entertaining vs. informative content type) highlighting the different influence of the antecedents on individuals with high (vs. low) BPC.

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“…Rather, to a certain extent they point to their perspective on other events. That is, these memories serve as motivational factors or stimulate feelings of optimism among the fans, leading to a sense of self-efficacy, a positive perspective, and satisfaction (Jun et al, 2016). The comments of one of the interviewees about Francesco Totti support this claim:…”

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How football fans perceive sports heroes – The case of Israel

Levental

Nudelman

2021

Physical Culture and Sport. Studies and Research

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Background: Hero-making and hero-worship are common in human society. Yet despite the universal appeal of heroes, the features attributed to these figures and the attitudes toward them change depending upon the circumstances. Heroes have been the topic of extensive discussion in the academic literature. Nevertheless, little research attention has been directed at sports heroes. Examining soccer heroes is of special importance, particularly in view of soccer’s popularity across the globe and the celebrity status of top soccer stars. Purpose: The objective of this paper is to examine and map the defining features of soccer heroes as subjectively perceived by their fans. Methods: We conducted a qualitative study that entailed semi-structured interviews with 18 young Israeli soccer fans as well as content analysis of fan chants. Results: The research findings indicate that fans attribute special importance to three main characteristics that are not perceived as dominant among heroes in other contexts: loyalty to team and family, modesty and morality, and the ability to influence their surroundings. Based on the findings, the paper discusses the unique nature of soccer heroes in contrast to other elite players and the role played by these heroes for their fans.

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Strong Attachment to Heroes: How Does It Occur and Affect People’s Self-Efficacy and Ultimately Quality of Life?

Cited by 4 publications

References 44 publications

Applied Research in Quality of Life: A Computational Literature Review

Applied Research in Quality of Life: A Computational Literature Review

Is this really me? Investigating brand personality self‐congruity on consumer behavior in video‐based social media

How football fans perceive sports heroes – The case of Israel

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