Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 Epidemic
The extensive changes in public and private life caused by the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in China have created a “new normal.” To understand urban residents’ satisfaction with public sports services under these conditions and to identify factors that influence satisfaction, urban residents in severa...
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| description | The extensive changes in public and private life caused by the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in China have created a “new normal.” To understand urban residents’ satisfaction with public sports services under these conditions and to identify factors that influence satisfaction, urban residents in several major Chinese cities were randomly sampled with an online questionnaire to measure their level of satisfaction with public sports services in China during the COVID-19 epidemic. With the response rate of 87.9%, 703 valid questionnaires out of 800 questionnaires distributed were analyzed. A structural equation model was constructed where health literacy and the residents’ expectations were independent variables, residents’ participation was a mediating variable, and residents’ satisfaction was the dependent variable. Cronbach’s α test and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test confirmed that the questionnaire was reliable and valid. Survey results suggest that young urban residents’ participation in public sports services is influenced by personal health literacy and residents’ expectations. Participation serves a mediating role between health literacy and residents’ satisfaction, but not between residents’ expectations and their satisfaction. Young urban residents’ satisfaction with public sports services may be improved by increasing access to health information, improving hardware and software platforms to support those services, and catering the services to the interests of the population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7aa44dc4f5714f81be00c5c4b8111e922022-12-22T00:32:46ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782022-06-011310.3389/fpsyg.2022.905417905417Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 EpidemicMin Liu0Dawei Yu1Baoxia Chen2Zhusheng Wu3Zichao Chen4Yuanfang Pan5Shiying Gao6Zexia Jia7Shanshan Li8Yong Jiang9School of Sports Science, Qufu Normal University, Qufu, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Huzhou University, Huzhou, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Economics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu, ChinaSchool of Physical Education, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, ChinaThe extensive changes in public and private life caused by the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in China have created a “new normal.” To understand urban residents’ satisfaction with public sports services under these conditions and to identify factors that influence satisfaction, urban residents in several major Chinese cities were randomly sampled with an online questionnaire to measure their level of satisfaction with public sports services in China during the COVID-19 epidemic. With the response rate of 87.9%, 703 valid questionnaires out of 800 questionnaires distributed were analyzed. A structural equation model was constructed where health literacy and the residents’ expectations were independent variables, residents’ participation was a mediating variable, and residents’ satisfaction was the dependent variable. Cronbach’s α test and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test confirmed that the questionnaire was reliable and valid. Survey results suggest that young urban residents’ participation in public sports services is influenced by personal health literacy and residents’ expectations. Participation serves a mediating role between health literacy and residents’ satisfaction, but not between residents’ expectations and their satisfaction. Young urban residents’ satisfaction with public sports services may be improved by increasing access to health information, improving hardware and software platforms to support those services, and catering the services to the interests of the population.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.905417/fullpublic sports serviceurban residentssatisfactionCOVID-19structural equation model |
| spellingShingle | Min Liu Dawei Yu Baoxia Chen Zhusheng Wu Zichao Chen Yuanfang Pan Shiying Gao Zexia Jia Shanshan Li Yong Jiang Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 Epidemic Frontiers in Psychology public sports service urban residents satisfaction COVID-19 structural equation model |
| title | Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_full | Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_fullStr | Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_short | Satisfaction Levels of Young Urban Residents With Public Sports Services in China During the COVID-19 Epidemic |
| title_sort | satisfaction levels of young urban residents with public sports services in china during the covid 19 epidemic |
| topic | public sports service urban residents satisfaction COVID-19 structural equation model |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.905417/full |
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