Journal
JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 12, Pages 1545-1556Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105316664132
Keywords
community health psychology; exercise behaviour; physical activity; social capital; social support
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- Centre for the Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence
- British Heart Foundation [MR/KO232331/1]
- Cancer Research UK
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Medical Research Council
- Welsh Government
- Wellcome Trust, under UK Clinical Research Collaboration
- Medical Research Council [MR/K023233/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MR/K023233/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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This is the first study to measure the sense of community' reportedly offered by the CrossFit gym model. A cross-sectional study adapted Social Capital and General Belongingness scales to compare perceptions of a CrossFit gym and a traditional gym. CrossFit gym members reported significantly higher levels of social capital (both bridging and bonding) and community belongingness compared with traditional gym members. However, regression analysis showed neither social capital, community belongingness, nor gym type was an independent predictor of gym attendance. Exercise and health professionals may benefit from evaluating further the sense of community' offered by gym-based exercise programmes.
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