Publication |
Author(s) | Snyder, E.E.; Spreitzer, E. |
Title | Involvement in Sports and Psychological Well-Being. |
Source | International Journal of Sport Psychology, 1974, Vol. 5, 28 - 39 |
Investigation |
Public | Adults, general public, City of Toledo, Ohio, USA, 1973 |
Survey name | Not available |
Sample | Not available |
| Systematic random sample, using the City Directory of Toledo.
25% suburbans, 75% urbans; 49% females, 51% males; mean age 42; mean number of years of completed education 13. |
Respondents N = | 510 |
Non Response | 46% |
Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
| Mailed questionnaire |
Happiness measure(s) used |
Author's label | Subject Code Finding | Subject description |
Affective involve ment in sports | S12ac01 | Perceived usefulness of sports |
Age | A04ab | Current age (in years) |
Behavioral involve- ment in sports | S12ab01b | Passive involvement in sports |
Education | E01ab02 | Level of school-education |
Knowledge about sports | S12ab01b | Passive involvement in sports |
Little satisfaction received from sports | S12ac02 | Satisfaction with sporting |
Occupational prestige | O01ac01a | Social prestige of occupation |
Participation in voluntary associations | S07ab02 | Attendance to meetings |
Playing sports | S12ab01a | Active involvement in sports |
Reading sports page | S12ab01b | Passive involvement in sports |
Satisfaction from sports | S12ac02 | Satisfaction with sporting |
Sports seen as a waste of time | S12ac01 | Perceived usefulness of sports |
Sports seen as a wayto relax | S12ac01 | Perceived usefulness of sports |
Sports seen as help against worries and pressures of the day | S12ac01 | Perceived usefulness of sports |
Subscribe/read sports magazines | S12ab01b | Passive involvement in sports |
Talking about sports | S12ab01b | Passive involvement in sports |
Watching sports | S12ab01b | Passive involvement in sports |