Tenth International Conference on Sport & Society

Abstract

Along with increasing their attention to the importance of health and life quality (WHO, 2012), sport scholars are paying attention to the issue of sport participation and well-being (Donaldson & Ronan, 2006; Filo & Coghlan, 2016; Ruseski et al., 2014). For example, Filo and Coghlan (2016) explored the specific dimensions of well-being among the participants of charity sporting events and found that all the dimensions of well-being were, to varying degree, valid. Ethnic sport participants seem to experience a variety of components when attending a sporting event (Chung & Lim, 2016). They tend to perceive their status of well-being not only from an event factor but from an amalgam of combined factors. Thus, the primary purpose of this study is to test a conceptual framework that consists of the antecedents and consequences of well-being as ethnic members participate in sport. At the 2015 Korean American Sports Festival, 283 Korean Americans responded to questions, through self-administered questionnaires, regarding their well-being, the perceived social, psychological, and health benefits of, event satisfaction with, and commitment to an ethnic sport organization. The data collected was analyzed, via a structural equation modeling, regarding the validities and reliabilities of the constructs as well as the significance and magnitude of each designed path among the constructs. The current study will discuss the theoretical aspects of the designed antecedents and consequences of well-being so as to add more dimensions of well-being and sport participation. Practical implications will be also discussed.