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An Exploration of the Relationships Between Sense of Community, Park Benefits, and Neighborhood Park Use.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An Exploration of the Relationships Between Sense of Community, Park Benefits, and Neighborhood Park Use./
Author:	Centers, Kimberly Tilford.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2019,
Description:	163 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-05, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-05A.
Subject:	Sports management. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=22618652
ISBN:	9781088390030

An Exploration of the Relationships Between Sense of Community, Park Benefits, and Neighborhood Park Use.
Centers, Kimberly Tilford.

An Exploration of the Relationships Between Sense of Community, Park Benefits, and Neighborhood Park Use. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019 - 163 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-05, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Old Dominion University, 2019.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between park use by residents that live within a ¼ to ½ mile radius of their neighborhood park, perceived benefits from neighborhood parks, and neighborhood sense of community (SOC) in three Norfolk, Virginia neighborhoods. The neighborhoods included Titustown, Colonial Place, and Edgewater. There is a lack of research regarding the relationship between neighborhood parks, perceived recreation benefits from neighborhood parks, and their relationship to neighborhood SOC (Gomez, Baur, Hill, & Georgiev, 2015). Participants completed a questionnaire that included the Sense of Community Index-2 (SCI-2), demographic questions, park usage questions, and park benefit questions. The SCI-2, which is a measurement tool based on the theoretical framework of SOC by McMillan and Chavis (1986), was used to rate their level of SOC in their neighborhoods. A second scale, the Perceived Benefits of Municipal Parks (PBMP) Scale (after Gomez, 1999) was used to measure benefits. Questionnaires were administered in person in the neighborhoods.Descriptive statistics examined demographic characteristics and park use questions. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)/structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to confirm the two scales used in the study. Pearson correlations (r) were used to assess if there was a direct relationship between park use and SOC. Additional correlations explored the relationship between (a) access to the park, (b) perception of the park, (c) park use, (d) SOC, (e) benefits, and (f) length of stay at the park. Independent samples t-tests were performed to see if there are differences with respect to users and non-users of the parks. Independent samples t-tests and ANOVAs were used to explore demographic differences. All analyses were performed at p < .05. Results indicate there is a significant but weak relationship between park use and SOC; however, park use was not a significant predictor of SOC. Results show a significant relationship between perceived park benefits and SOC, and benefits was a significant predictor of SOC. Practitioners can use findings to provide support for parks as catalysts to increase SOC in neighborhoods. Academics can use the scales for future research in parks and recreation management.

ISBN: 9781088390030Subjects--Topical Terms:

3423935
Sports management.

An Exploration of the Relationships Between Sense of Community, Park Benefits, and Neighborhood Park Use.
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