Dyer, B. T.J., 2021. An investigation into the product attachment between athletes and their sports equipment. Design Journal, 24 (2), 189-206.
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DOI: 10.1080/14606925.2020.1859167
Abstract
This study investigated the product/user relationship between a sample of 186 athletes and their racing bicycles. These participants completed a product relationship questionnaire that utilised a five-point Likert scale that investigated five pre-validated determinants of a product/athlete attachment. The questionnaire obtained an internal consistency using Cronbach’s Alpha with a range of 0.73-0.89 of the sub sections. The results of this study achieved generally supportive responses for all five determinants of the product/user attachment. The data therefore supported that a positive product attachment can exist between athletes and this particular form of sporting equipment. By acknowledging that a product attachment can exist – even in the performance orientated biases of a competitive sport, offers the possibility of a new potential form of design-based ergogenics that warrants further exploration in the future.
Item Type: | Article |
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ISSN: | 1460-6925 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | product; sport; emotional bonding; sports equipment; athletes |
Group: | Faculty of Science & Technology |
ID Code: | 34695 |
Deposited By: | Symplectic RT2 |
Deposited On: | 15 Oct 2020 13:28 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2022 01:08 |
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