Given the social purpose of sport clubs, an anticipated outcome of club participation is a sense of attachment to the university and campus community. However, the sport behaviors that contribute to club members’ social attachment are largely unknown. Therefore, this study sought to examine which sport club activities are related to university and member attachment. A survey was administered to 175 sport club members at a large public university in the United States. Using a multivariate analysis of variance, sport clubs with moderately low to high social inclusionary tactics reported significantly greater university attachment than clubs with low tactics. Additionally, clubs with high social inclusionary tactics reported significantly greater member attachment than clubs with low to moderately high tactics. No significant difference in attachment was found when accounting for clubs’ frequency of competition or travel. The findings support the use of formal socialization to enhance club members’ feelings of attachment.

鉴于体育俱乐部的社会目的，俱乐部参与的预期结果是对大学和校园社区的依恋感。但是，对于俱乐部会员的社交依恋做出贡献的体育行为在很大程度上尚不清楚。因此，本研究试图检查哪些体育俱乐部活动与大学和会员依恋有关。对美国一所大型公立大学的175个体育俱乐部成员进行了一项调查。使用多变量方差分析，具有较低社会包容性策略的中低档体育俱乐部报告的大学依恋程度明显低于具有低策略的体育俱乐部。此外，具有较高社会包容性策略的俱乐部比具有较低至中等较高策略的俱乐部具有更大的会员依恋度。在考虑俱乐部的比赛或旅行频率时，在依恋上没有发现显着差异。研究结果支持使用正式社交来增强俱乐部成员的依恋感。