The Challenge Me intervention aimed to indirectly involve parents in a school-based intervention, by challenging primary school children to perform physical activity (PA) and nutrition-related activities with their parents. The aim of this study is to gain insight in whether this was a feasible strategy …

Als gevolg van de coronacrisis moesten sportverenigingen sportvelden en kantines sluiten. Sociale media blijken tijdens de coronacrisis het platform te bieden om samen te sporten en elkaar te ontmoeten. Nanny Kuijsters onderzocht hoe er tegen het gebruik van de socialemediakanalen van de club wordt aangekeken …

The South China Tigers are the first professional club team in Hong Kong, playing in the new tournament Global Rapid Rugby. The Asia Pacific tournament is contested home and away against six teams from Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. The South China Tigers were set up as a subsidiary …

Aspects of involvement in sports and active leisure in an organized context have been extensively investigated, but none of these studies provides a comprehensive picture of the membership involvement of members in voluntary clubs (MI). Our research aims to obtain an overview of existing knowledge on …

Hoewel het aantal sporters in Nederland ieder jaar toeneemt, zien sportverenigingen hun ledental dalen. Er is veel onderzoek gedaan om het tij te keren. Daarin werd vaak geconcludeerd dat het 'clubgevoel van leden' een belangrijke factor is. Nanny Kuijsters greep dit aan om het 'clubgevoel van leden' …

Virtual communities are online spaces with potential of integration of (member-generated) content and conversations [7,8]. In our research project we are interested in the adoption and building of virtual communities in organized sports, that is to say in the voluntary sports clubs (VSCs) in the Netherlands. …

First, the current study aims to identify the determining factors of the purchase price of sportswear worn by runners. Second, this study aims to demonstrate that diary-methods can be a useful method in sports consumption research as they provide in a large amount of data on a very detailed, non-aggregated …

This article investigates the relationship between major life events and sport participation during the transition to adulthood. Two waves (2009 and 2013) of a Dutch panel study provided information on education, employment, relationship, civil/marital status, and parenthood for 2829 Dutch citizens (ages …

Research to indicators to build a typology of virtual communities in organized sports.

Research question: The current study investigates the income elasticities and socio-economic determinants of direct and indirect sports expenditure categories by means of a log normal hurdle regression. Research methods: The data stem from a representative sample of 3005 Flemish families with school-aged …