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This study extends the effect of attitude similarity or dissimilarity upon the evaluation of others to the athletic arena. Thirty-eight male high school varsity basketball athletes rated a hypothetical attitudinally similar college team more positively than an attitudinally dissimilar hypothetical college team on five of nine dependent measures. Implications arise concerning the recruiting and counseling of athletes with respect to the maintenance of team cooperation and morale.
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Royal, K.E., Lombardi, G.C. & Whiteside, H.D. Attitude similarity and evaluation of an athletic team. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 28, 459–460 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334067
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