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Influence of Watching Professional Baseball on Japanese Elders’ Affect and Subjective Happiness

Objective: To determine the effects of watching a professional baseball game on the affect and subjective happiness of elders without a specific team to support. Method: Elderly Japanese (n = 16) were instructed to watch baseball games at a ballpark. They answered a questionnaire several weeks befor...

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Autores principales: Kawakami, Ryoko, Sawada, Susumu S., Ito, Tomoko, Gando, Yuko, Fukushi, Tomohiro, Fujie, Ryosuke, Oka, Koichiro, Sakamoto, Shizuo, Higuchi, Mitsuru
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Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5524234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28795081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721417721401
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author Kawakami, Ryoko
Sawada, Susumu S.
Ito, Tomoko
Gando, Yuko
Fukushi, Tomohiro
Fujie, Ryosuke
Oka, Koichiro
Sakamoto, Shizuo
Higuchi, Mitsuru
author_facet Kawakami, Ryoko
Sawada, Susumu S.
Ito, Tomoko
Gando, Yuko
Fukushi, Tomohiro
Fujie, Ryosuke
Oka, Koichiro
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Higuchi, Mitsuru
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description Objective: To determine the effects of watching a professional baseball game on the affect and subjective happiness of elders without a specific team to support. Method: Elderly Japanese (n = 16) were instructed to watch baseball games at a ballpark. They answered a questionnaire several weeks before (baseline) and, on the day of the game, before and after watching the game. Participants’ affect and happiness were assessed using the General Affect Scale and Subjective Happiness Scale, respectively. Results: Calmness had a tendency to increase from baseline to before watching the game (p = .052). Furthermore, subjective happiness significantly increased after watching the game, compared with baseline (p = .017). Discussion: Visiting a ballpark to watch a professional baseball game increased elders’ subjective happiness after they had finished watching it.
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spelling pubmed-55242342017-08-09 Influence of Watching Professional Baseball on Japanese Elders’ Affect and Subjective Happiness Kawakami, Ryoko Sawada, Susumu S. Ito, Tomoko Gando, Yuko Fukushi, Tomohiro Fujie, Ryosuke Oka, Koichiro Sakamoto, Shizuo Higuchi, Mitsuru Gerontol Geriatr Med Article Objective: To determine the effects of watching a professional baseball game on the affect and subjective happiness of elders without a specific team to support. Method: Elderly Japanese (n = 16) were instructed to watch baseball games at a ballpark. They answered a questionnaire several weeks before (baseline) and, on the day of the game, before and after watching the game. Participants’ affect and happiness were assessed using the General Affect Scale and Subjective Happiness Scale, respectively. Results: Calmness had a tendency to increase from baseline to before watching the game (p = .052). Furthermore, subjective happiness significantly increased after watching the game, compared with baseline (p = .017). Discussion: Visiting a ballpark to watch a professional baseball game increased elders’ subjective happiness after they had finished watching it. SAGE Publications 2017-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5524234/ /pubmed/28795081 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721417721401 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Gando, Yuko
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Fujie, Ryosuke
Oka, Koichiro
Sakamoto, Shizuo
Higuchi, Mitsuru
Influence of Watching Professional Baseball on Japanese Elders’ Affect and Subjective Happiness
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5524234/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28795081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721417721401
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