Drenth, Saida (2025) The Permeability Paradox in the Context of Team Sports. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The permeability paradox describes the loyalty conflict individuals experience when presented with opportunities for upward social mobility while remaining attached to their current group. This study examines the paradox in the context of team sport, where participants were offered the chance to join a higher team for the final matches of the season. Participants (N = 201) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: the promotion condition, which highlighted the possibility of promotion of the higher team to a higher match pool, the demotion condition, which emphasized the risk of the current team being demoted to a lower match pool, and control condition, where neither scenario was mentioned. Results indicated that participants in the promotion condition were significantly more likely to select the higher team compared to those in the demotion and control conditions. Moreover, a strong athletic competitive identity (ACI) further increases the likelihood of choosing a higher team in the promotion condition. When imagining they had joined the higher team, participants in the promotion condition reported fewer negative emotions than those in the demotion or control groups. Additionally, higher ACI scores were associated with fewer negative emotions/feelings in the promotion condition, whereas in the demotion condition, more negative emotions/feelings were experienced.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Spears, R. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2025 10:28 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2025 10:28 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5860 |
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