THE FITNESS FACILITY MEMBERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE - A MEASURE OF REASONS FOR JOINING

This study describes the development of the Fitness Facility Membershi p Questionnaire of 43 items, designed to identify reasons for joining a fitness facility. Items were generated from responses to an open-end ed questionnaire. A 50-item version of the questionnaire was completed by 152 members of five community-based fitness facilities. Principal components analysis with varimax rotation yielded 8 factors, accountin g for 63.8% of the variance. The factors were labeled Socialization, A quatic-related Facilities, Extrinsic Motivation, Recreational Faciliti es, Intrinsic Motivation, Resistance Equipment, Aerobic Equipment, and Amenities. The internal consistency of the eight factors was acceptab le with Cronbach coefficients alpha ranging from .72 to .89. Discrimin ant analysis of responses is also presented.