2024 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 39-49
Place attachment is a factor that determines the ability and intentions to cope with community problems. In other words, in order to verify one of the social roles expected of comprehensive community sports clubs, "the development of individuals who can act independently and autonomously to improve their community through their involvement in the club", it is important to clarify whether the involvement of community members in the club developments place attachment. Based on the above, the following research questions were set for this study.
RQ1: To examining the multi-dimensional place attachment construct.
RQ2: Comparing the place attachment of comprehensive community sports club members and non-members.
As a result of the analysis confirmed, 1) the validity and reliability of the four-factor structure of "Place identity", "Place dependence", Place affect", and "Place social bonding" as a concept of place attachment. 2) The results of the comparison of place attachment between comprehensive community sports club members and non-members confirmed that the values of all factors were significantly higher in the case of club members than non-members.
