The Effect of the Physical Characteristics of the Environment and Sports Facilities on Citizens' Sports Participation and Perceived Enjoyment
Subject Areas :
1 - Department of Civil Engineering, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
Keywords: : sports participation, perceived enjoyment, environment, facilities,
Abstract :
The current research was designed and implemented with the aim of the effect of the physical characteristics of the environment and sports facilities on citizens' sports participation and perceived enjoyment. The research method was exploratory. The present research was one of the practical researches that was conducted in the field. The statistical population included the citizens of Gorgan city who regularly did sports. Due to the fact that the number of these people was unknown, Cochran's sample size method was used under conditions of unknown population size. Based on this method, 384 people were identified as samples. The instrument of this research was a standard questionnaire. In order to analyze the data of the present research, the method of structural equations was used. All research data analysis process was done in SPSS and PLS software. The results of this research showed that the physical characteristics of the environment (0.275) and the characteristics of sports facilities (0.663) have an effect on sports participation. The results of this research showed that the physical characteristics of the environment (0.383) and the characteristics of sports facilities (0.563) have an effect on the perceived pleasure. In other words, increasing the level of physical characteristics of the environment and sports facilities can be the basis for improving the level of sports participation and perceived enjoyment.
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