A young boy is an avid Mets fan.He reads the statistics for the team in the newspaper every day and goes to Shea Stadium a couple of times each summer to see the Mets play.After the Mets have a particularly bad losing streak, the boy decides that he also likes the Yankees and starts to root for them.This is an example of

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This scenario is an example of cutting off reflected failure. The boy is distancing himself from the Mets, with whom he strongly identifies, because of their poor performance. He shifts his allegiance to the Yankees, who are experiencing success, in order to maintain a positive self-image.

A Young Boy Is an Avid Mets Fan