Abstract
The objective of this study is to clarify the formation process of place attachment in the comprehensive community sports club members. Specifically, data was collected from 372 comprehensive community sports club members, and a hypothetical model that assumes a relationship among membership history, satisfaction, evaluation of the community, residence years, and place attachment, were examined focused on differences in membership types using structural equation modeling.
As a result, it was observed that for members who participating sports programs and using facilities, membership history affected satisfaction, satisfaction affected evaluation of the community, and evaluation of the community affected place attachment. For facilities using members, it was observed that satisfaction affected evaluation of the community, and evaluation of the community affected place attachment. Moreover, for both type members, satisfaction had a significantly greater effect on their evaluation of the community than residence years, confirming a significant indirect effect from satisfaction to place attachment.
