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	<title>Comments on: Why are Blue Jays Fans Masochists?</title>
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		<title>By: Rachael McDaniel</title>
		<link>http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/28/why-are-blue-jays-fans-masochists/#comment-31206</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachael McDaniel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 04:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it definitely is. The 2016 Newston study discusses the privileging of &quot;self-shaping events&quot; in the minds of highly-identified fans, so that is pretty self-fulfilling. Self-esteem wasn&#039;t the only improved psychological attribute, though - fans reported having fewer feelings of depression and anxiety in general, which seemed to me contradictory to the added stress and depression that comes of the team losing. 

It&#039;s all interesting stuff, though. Sports fandom is weird. Thanks for reading!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, it definitely is. The 2016 Newston study discusses the privileging of &#8220;self-shaping events&#8221; in the minds of highly-identified fans, so that is pretty self-fulfilling. Self-esteem wasn&#8217;t the only improved psychological attribute, though &#8211; fans reported having fewer feelings of depression and anxiety in general, which seemed to me contradictory to the added stress and depression that comes of the team losing. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s all interesting stuff, though. Sports fandom is weird. Thanks for reading!</p>
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		<title>By: Rachael McDaniel</title>
		<link>http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/28/why-are-blue-jays-fans-masochists/#comment-31204</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachael McDaniel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 04:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Cheryl! The test is the same one as on the image embedded in the article. You can take it by answering each of the questions on the 1-8 scale, and then adding all the results together to create your score. 

Thanks for reading!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Cheryl! The test is the same one as on the image embedded in the article. You can take it by answering each of the questions on the 1-8 scale, and then adding all the results together to create your score. </p>
<p>Thanks for reading!</p>
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		<title>By: Cheryl Birkner Mack</title>
		<link>http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/28/why-are-blue-jays-fans-masochists/#comment-30898</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cheryl Birkner Mack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 May 2017 08:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can we take the test?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How can we take the test?</p>
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		<title>By: Hannah</title>
		<link>http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/28/why-are-blue-jays-fans-masochists/#comment-28481</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hannah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Apr 2017 03:34:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[good post op]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>good post op</p>
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		<title>By: Kongos</title>
		<link>http://toronto.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/04/28/why-are-blue-jays-fans-masochists/#comment-28366</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kongos]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 15:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing masochistic about it. If the Jays keep being this horrific, surely Rogers will fire Shapiro and Atkins, and we can start actually enjoying the team again.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing masochistic about it. If the Jays keep being this horrific, surely Rogers will fire Shapiro and Atkins, and we can start actually enjoying the team again.</p>
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		<title>By: jayme</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is really, really good. Kinda puts that burning dog meme into words.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is really, really good. Kinda puts that burning dog meme into words.</p>
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		<title>By: Arjonn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjonn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Apr 2017 13:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#039;t high ID fans having higher self-esteem at least partly self-fulfilling because they see sticking with their team in bad times as a positive trait and thus a reason to regard themselves more positively?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t high ID fans having higher self-esteem at least partly self-fulfilling because they see sticking with their team in bad times as a positive trait and thus a reason to regard themselves more positively?</p>
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