Background:This study examined the extent to which sporting event attendance is associated with self-rated health.Drawing from an economic model of health production and psychological research on the health benefits o...Background:This study examined the extent to which sporting event attendance is associated with self-rated health.Drawing from an economic model of health production and psychological research on the health benefits of psychosocial resources,sporting event attendance was hypothesized to have a positive relationship with selfrated health.Methods:A two-level multilevel ordered logistic regression was used to analyze multiyear cross-sectional data collected from national surveys in Japan.Results:The results demonstrate that,controlling for the effects of personal and environmental characteristics,sporting event attendance positively correlates with self-rated health over a 12-year period.Specifically,when compared to individuals who did not attend any sporting event during the past year,those who attended a sporting event were 33%more likely to indicate a higher level of self-rated health.Conclusions:These findings provide evidence for a positive association between sport spectatorship and the perception of general health and contribute to the literature examining the relationship between sport spectatorship and health outcomes.展开更多
文摘Background:This study examined the extent to which sporting event attendance is associated with self-rated health.Drawing from an economic model of health production and psychological research on the health benefits of psychosocial resources,sporting event attendance was hypothesized to have a positive relationship with selfrated health.Methods:A two-level multilevel ordered logistic regression was used to analyze multiyear cross-sectional data collected from national surveys in Japan.Results:The results demonstrate that,controlling for the effects of personal and environmental characteristics,sporting event attendance positively correlates with self-rated health over a 12-year period.Specifically,when compared to individuals who did not attend any sporting event during the past year,those who attended a sporting event were 33%more likely to indicate a higher level of self-rated health.Conclusions:These findings provide evidence for a positive association between sport spectatorship and the perception of general health and contribute to the literature examining the relationship between sport spectatorship and health outcomes.
