Assessing the Impact of New Student Campus Recreation Centers

Autor/inn/en	Zizzi, Samuel; Ayers, Suzan F.; Watson II, Jack C.; Keeler, Linda A.
Titel	Assessing the Impact of New Student Campus Recreation Centers
Quelle	In: NASPA Journal, 41 (2004) 4, S.588-630 (43 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1559-5455
Schlagwörter	Recreational Facilities; Colleges; College Students; Student Attitudes; Student Surveys; Physical Activity Level + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freizeiteinrichtung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Collegestudent; Schülerverhalten; Schülerbefragung
Abstract	The student recreation center (SRC) at many colleges and universities has evolved from being a place to lift weights and take aerobics classes to becoming a high-powered recruitment tool (Colleges use recreation, 2002). The present study included the development of an instrument to assess the use and impact of SRCs. Students (N = 655; users = 537, nonusers = 118) were surveyed about their use of and satisfaction with their university's newly constructed SRC. The overall findings revealed that a majority of SRC users were male (54.9%), felt more at home on campus since the construction of the SRC (61.2%), and felt that the SRC had increased their exercise frequency (79.9%). Forty percent of users adopted regular physical activity after the construction of the SRC. Non-users were primarily female (59.3%), had never visited the SRC (49.6%), and did not participate in any physical extracurricular activities (78.0%). Future SRC research should explore exercise patterns more thoroughly and link facility use to additional social and academic developmental outcomes. (Contains 3 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10