Transcending emotional community: a qualitative examination of older adults and masters' sports participation

Title: Transcending emotional community: a qualitative examination of older adults and masters' sports participation
Creator: Lyons, Kevin; Dionigi, Rylee
Relation: Leisure Sciences Vol. 29, Issue 4, p. 375-389
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490400701394881
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2007
Description: This qualitative study examined meanings of community as they developed among older adults who participate in Master’s sports. Four themes emerged through data analysis that described what a sense of community meant to study participants: a shared sporting interest, comrades in continued activity, relevant life purpose, and giving back. These themes each lend general support to the four elements that constitute McMillan and Chavis’ (1986) sense of community construct. The findings of this study counter the claims that leisure-related experiences of community are largely episodic, emotional and fleeting, and do little to provide sustained experiences of community. This paper concludes with recommendations for further research.
Subject: communitas; community; Master’s sports; older adults; volunteering
Identifier: uon:6403
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/803495
Identifier: ISSN:0149-0400
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