Sociological Study of the Revival Factors of the Community Sports World Damaged in the Great East Japan Earthquake

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26350797
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Tokoha University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIDA Takeshi 常葉大学, 健康プロデュース学部, 教授 (70210698)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 地域スポーツクラブ / 復興要因 / 子ども愛 / 地域愛 / クラブ愛 / スポーツ欲求 / 活動場所の復旧

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to identify the promotional factors and the preventive factors of the revival of the community sports world damaged in the Great East Japan Earthquake from the sociological viewpoint. The subjects of the research were an integrated community sports club, two junior sports clubs, two adult sports clubs, and the members of each club in Shichigahama town of Miyagi prefecture greatly damaged by tsunami. The main promotional factors were as follows: First, in the junior sports clubs, they were the loves of the coaches(adults) for the child members, the community, and the club, and so on. In the adult sports clubs, they were the desires of the members for sport activity, and so on. Furthermore, the preventive factors were the delays of the revival of the important grounds for each club.

Free Research Field

スポーツ社会学