Perceived Constraints by College Students to Participation in Campus Recreational Sports Programs

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah J. Young ◽  
Craig M. Ross ◽  
Robert J. Barcelona
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Commuter Campus ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Perceived Constraints ◽  
Structural Levels ◽  
Sports Activities

Campus recreational sports programs are designed to provide an on-campus leisure opportunity for college students, hopefully enhancing their quality of collegiate life. Yet, not all students choose to participate, much to the chagrin of recreational sports professionals and school administrators. The purpose of this study was to investigate how perceived constraints on intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural levels influenced the participation of college students in recreational sports activities on an urban, commuter campus and a residential, rural campus. The sample of subjects consisted of 416 students who considered themselves nonparticipants in campus recreational sports. The results indicated that lack of time because of work, school or family, and not knowing the available activities were the two most strongly perceived constraints. Further investigation on differences in perceived constraints was conducted with respect to subjects' age, gender and place of residence.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPORTS FACILITY SERVICE QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF GOR SAPARUA

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Muhamad Rachmaan Kurniawan ◽  
Yudha Munajat Saputra ◽  
Nurlan Kusmaedi
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Sports Facilities ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sports Activities

Public service is a government obligation in fulfilling the rights of every citizen. To facilitate the delivery of government services to the community, a public service model is needed. One of them in public service is sports. Of course, sports play an important role in the development of human life. Public sports facilities have played a very important role in promoting physical activity and participation in recreational sports activities. Therefore, there are significant efforts to continuously improve the image of recreational sports and to pursue the improvement of the service quality of public sports facilities. Several dimensions can be measured to determine service quality on customer satisfaction, including tangibility, reliability, assurance, responsiveness, and empathy. This study aims to determine whether there is a relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction who visits Saparua Sports Hall, Bandung City. This type of research is correlational and the method used is quantitative with an accidental sampling technique with a sample size of 100 respondents. The overall result of the study is that there is a relationship between service quality and customer satisfaction who visits Saparua Sports Hall.

Participation Patterns in Campus Recreational Sports: An Examination of Quality of Student Effort from 1983 to 1998

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Barcelona ◽  
Craig M. Ross
Keyword(s):  
Student Involvement ◽  
Student Experiences ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Place Of Residence ◽  
Student Effort ◽  
Sports Involvement ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Almost All

The 1980s and 1990s saw tremendous growth in campus recreational sports programs. The emergence of these programs as significant contributors to the higher education mission has led practitioners to recognize the importance of increased student involvement in this area of campus life. One of the issues facing campus recreational sports is a lack of theoretical and empirical research in almost all facets of the field. This study examined participation patterns in recreational sports programs and facilities at 314 colleges and universities (n=4000) in four groups of years: 1983–1986, 1987–1990, 1991–1994, and 1995–1998 using data derived from the College Student Experiences Questionnaire (CSEQ) and the Center for Postsecondary Research and Planning at Indiana University, Bloomington. The results of the study revealed the following: (a) there was no significant difference in student involvement for the recreational sports programs and facilities variables under investigation; (b) significant differences were found for all areas of recreational sports involvement under investigation regarding participants' gender, age, and place of residence, with males, students under the age of 22, and on-campus students reporting higher rates of recreational sports involvement than females, students over the age of 22, and off-campus students (p<.001); (c) there were no significant year-by-gender, year-by-age, or year-by place-of-residence interaction effects; d) where significant main effect differences were found, effect sizes (η2 partial) were fairly low.

Leisure Motivation of Participants and Nonparticipants in Campus Recreational Sports Programs

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent A. Beggs ◽  
James E. Stitt ◽  
Daniel J. Elkins
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
College Students ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Leisure Participation ◽  
Leisure Motivation ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Motivation Scale

The factors that motivate college students to participate in leisure activities play a key role in better understanding participation patterns in campus recreational sports. This study utilized the Leisure Motivation Scale developed by Beard and Ragheb (1983) to determine factors that motivated college students' leisure choices. The purpose of this study was to examine motivational differences in students who participated regularly in campus recreational sports and students who did not regularly participate in campus recreational sports. The sample consisted of 631 students from two universities. The results indicated that students who did not participate regularly in campus recreational sports were seeking rewards from their leisure such as rest, escape and solitude, as well as the opportunity to use their imagination and learn. Students who regularly participated in campus recreational sports revealed that they were motivated to participate because of physical activity, challenge, and competition. In addition, differences in gender and overall motivation for leisure participation were examined.

Using past Campus Recreational Sports Participation to Explain Current Physical Activity Levels of Alumni

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Forrester ◽  
Craig M. Ross ◽  
Stacey Hall ◽  
Chris Geary
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Activity Patterns ◽  
Sports Participation ◽  
Activity Levels ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Sports Involvement ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Physical Activity Levels

The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the role of past recreational sports involvement during the college years in explaining current physical activity patterns in college alumni. Subjects ( n = 311) completed a mailed questionnaire about their current physical activity levels and past campus recreational sports participation that measured (1) the breadth, depth, and quality of past recreational sports involvement and (2) the current level of exercise or physical activity. Overall, the results of the study revealed that over 77% of the respondents agreed that their involvement in recreational sports during college positively influenced their current physical activity levels. Increasing both the depth and breadth of physical activity for students while in college, and more importantly, beyond the college years, is an important goal for campus recreational sports programs.

A Study on the Quality of Life of Acting College Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-82
Author(s):  
Young-jin Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
College Students

Study regarding the health coefficients for the citizens who practice free time sport activities for the increase of life quality

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. 7-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Dacica
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Health State ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Sports Activities

Abstract The paper presents the results of a determinative study regarding the health profits obtained by the citizens of Caras-Severin County involved in the practice of leisure sport through the program sport for all offered. The aspect highlighted is that sport, for all, has beneficial effects on health being contained by all the components of life quality. The aim of the paper is to prove that issuing leisure time sports programs according to the needs of the client population increases the number of practitioners of sport and implicitly it contributes to the maintenance and improvement of the health state. In order to pursue health profits, the physical and psychic wellbeing of the participants in the sports programs, the observation method, the tests method and the method of recording the health coefficients on a protocol basis were used. The observation was achieved on a sample of 217 subjects which were initially tested, at the beginning of the programs and at the end of the research period. The conclusion was that the main component elements of life quality which can be ameliorated by free time sport activities are: health state; the biologic potential through the evaluation of the anthropometric, functional and physiological coefficients; motor skills; psycho-social relations and social integration. The health state, the biologic potential, motor skills, socialization can be considered dependent variables and through sports activities for all and through the implemented programs a strategic project of continuous development can be elaborated. Leisure sports activities ameliorate life quality of different categories of citizens and social groups.

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