This study aims to look into the relationship between preoccupation and participation in spectator sports. For this purpose, the researcher applied stratified cluster random sampling to the subjects of adult men and women who participated in spectator sports programs in Seoul metropolitan city and Gyeonggi province as of 2008. After gathering the data of completed answers in questionnaires, duplicate filled-up data, no written data, and insufficient reliability-suspected data were excluded from analysis. Only valid samples were encoded according to a certain coding guidelines. After inputting each coded datum into computer, the researcher computed the data according to analytical purpose through the statistics program of SPSS 14.0 version for Windows.
On the basis of the research method and findings above, the conclusion reached was as follows: The Relationship between Preoccupation and Participation in Spectator Sports was present.
현대사회에 있어서 신체활동 연구의 주요 탐구과제는 ‘신체활동을 통한 교육’으로부터 ‘인간의 기본적인 움직임’을 목표로 하는 스포츠적인 움직임을 중심으로 한 생명 활동의 개념으로 급속히 변화되고 있는 추세이다. 이러한 환경변화에 대응하기 위하여 본학회는 ‘체육’적인 요소에서 ‘스포츠’적인 요소를 중심으로 한 학문적 정체성을 견고히 하고, 정기적인 학술지 발간과 학술활동을 통해 한국스포츠츠 문화의 발전과 학문적인 발전에 기여하는데 그 목적이 있다.