Jin Hee Kim

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.1 Vol.10(No.1) 1-12, 2026

This study aims to understand how affect and emotion are formed and connected through the experiences of Story Grandmother activists. Nine Story Grandmothers, active in Seoul, North Gyeongsang Province, and Jeju Island, participated as informants. The researcher collected data through direct interviews and analyzed the data using content and thematic analysis. The findings reveal that, first, the activists, who discovered their inner selves through Story Grandmother activities, speak of a sense of pride in belonging to a select group of Story Grandmothers through communication with children in their later years. Second, they recognized their own name through Story Grandmother activities, experiencing a different emotional connection with being addressed as a grandmother in everyday life. Third, the activists recognized their role as a connector through storytelling, yet within this, they affirmed the presence of diverse selves. They interpret this as an inherent emotional force that often fears expressing one's own language. Through these findings, this study explored the power of affect within the experiences of Story Grandmother activists, within the context of the production of agency, meaning, and self-culture in everyday life in older age.

Story Grandmother, Self-Culture, Everyday Culture, Affect

Qianru Zeng

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.13 Vol.10(No.1) 13-26, 2026

This study aims to develop a systematic and operational framework for integrating Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) dance into radio calisthenics in Chinese K-12 schools. By analyzing current implementation conditions and challenges, the study identifies key factors for effective integration and proposes a practical model that balances physical health promotion with cultural heritage preservation. A Modified Delphi Method was employed following a comprehensive literature review and situational analysis. An expert panel consisting of 30 specialists in physical education, dance education, arts education, cultural heritage, and educational policy participated in the study. Prior to the Delphi process, an initial framework was refined through expert consultation to enhance the clarity and relevance of questionnaire items. Subsequently, multiple rounds of Delphi surveys were conducted using a 5-point Likert scale to achieve consensus. Data were analyzed using Cronbach’s alpha and the Content Validity Ratio (CVR) to ensure reliability and validity. The results demonstrate strong expert consensus across five key domains: curriculum and instructional design, teacher training and professional development, resource support, safety and inclusivity, and cultural heritage and policy support. All domains and sub-factors showed satisfactory reliability and validity. The results suggest that successful integration requires a multidimensional, system-level approach. This study provides evidence-based guidance for schools and policymakers, contributing to the sustainable implementation of ICH-informed physical activity programs in educational settings.

Physical Activity, Intangible Cultural Heritage Dance, Radio Calisthenics, K-12 Education

Daehwan Kim , Wonseok Jang

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.27 Vol.10(No.1) 27-43, 2026

This study examines the determinants of citizens’ support intentions for establishing an esports arena and cultural complex in the Busan context. Drawing on social exchange theory (SET) and prior sport/event impact research, we conceptualize expected benefits as four value dimensions - economic, social, tourism, and environmental (urban-environment /accessibility) values - and test their effects on support intentions using structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis by residential area (Busan vs. non-Busan). The results indicate that economic and tourism values are the most consistent predictors of support intentions in the overall sample. Multi-group findings further show that Busan residents, conceptualized as primary internal stakeholders, are more strongly influenced by economic and social values, whereas non-Busan residents, conceptualized as external demand stakeholders/potential visitors, are more strongly influenced by tourism and environmental values. These findings advance understanding of support formation for esports infrastructure and offer practical implications for designing segmented communication and planning strategies that strengthen social legitimacy and long-term sustainability.

Esports Arena, Support Intentions, Social Exchange Theory, Perceived Value, Stakeholder Theory

Sohee Kim

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.44 Vol.10(No.1) 44-63, 2026

This study examines factors influencing volunteer satisfaction at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games, focusing on international volunteers in a small host city, Mülheim an der Ruhr. While Sport Mega-Events (SMEs) rely heavily on volunteers, limited research has addressed how satisfaction factors are considered in programme design and perception, particularly from both volunteer and organiser perspectives. Acknowledging the significance of international volunteers, this study adopts a dual-perspective approach to provide a more comprehensive understanding. Drawing on an integrated framework combining the Volunteer Satisfaction Index (VSI) with autonomy from Self-Determination Theory (SDT), six dimensions are mainly explored: communication quality, work assignment, participation efficacy, organisational support, group integration, and autonomy. A qualitative approach was adopted, involving seven interviews with international volunteers and one with an organiser. Thematic analysis revealed that organisational emotional support and group integration were the strongest contributors to satisfaction, fostering belonging, cultural integration, and adaptation. Participation efficacy and autonomy varied depending on satisfaction with work assignment. Overall satisfaction was high, and participants expressed strong intentions to continue volunteering at SMEs. The findings highlight the need to strengthen emotional support and group integration, improve role allocation, and further refine a combined measurement framework in future comparative studies with larger samples of volunteers.

Sport Mega-Events, Volunteer Satisfaction, International Volunteer, Volunteer Satisfaction Index (VSI), Self-Determination Theory (SDT)

Yeonkyoung Jin , Weon-il Lee

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.64 Vol.10(No.1) 64-74, 2026

This study explores how sport-related climate crisis discourse is constructed in South Korean news media, focusing on the role of sport as a socio-cultural platform for environmental sustainability. A total of 158 news articles published between 2015 and 2025 were selected from the Big KINDS database after systematic screening. The data were pre-processed using morphological analysis, stopword removal, synonym unification, and N-gram reconstruction. Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) was applied to identify latent thematic structures, with the optimal number of topics determined through coherence and perplexity indices. Five key topics were identified: (1) carbon neutrality in transportation related to sport events, (2) waste reduction and circular economy practices in stadium operations, (3) environmental education and experiential programs led by public institutions, (4) international sport governance and athlete safety under climate change, and (5) citizen participation and grassroots sport-based carbon reduction. The findings suggest that sport may function as a mediating discursive arena linking climate crisis communication with mobility, facility management, education, governance, and civic engagement. This study contributes to sport and physical activity research by highlighting the discursive role of sport in shaping sustainability-oriented practices and policy directions.

Sport, Climate Crisis, Environmental Sustainability, News Big Data, Topic Modeling

Jinkook Kim

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.75 Vol.10(No.1) 75-90, 2026

This study examines the impact of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Generative AI) on the Korean sports industry and analyzes its implications for policy and structural transformation. Adopting an exploratory qualitative design, the study integrates a systematic literature review with semi-structured interviews conducted with six experts from industry, academia, and policy sectors. The data were analyzed using thematic coding combined with frequency-based pattern identification, structured around five analytical frames: (1) technological application and efficacy, (2) ethics and governance, (3) infrastructure and accessibility, (4) industrial ecosystem and values, and (5) human resources and organization. The findings indicate that generative AI significantly enhances operational efficiency in performance analysis, training optimization, and sports content production. At the same time, it introduces critical challenges, including data governance risks, uneven technological adoption, and tensions between commercialization and the intrinsic values of sport. Notably, substantial disparities were identified across organizations in terms of infrastructure capacity and AI readiness, while existing governance mechanisms were found to be insufficient to address emerging ethical and regulatory issues. Based on these findings, the study proposes five key policy directions: (1) establishing a sports-specific AI governance framework, (2) strengthening inclusive infrastructure support, (3) developing ethical commercialization guidelines, (4) enhancing AI literacy-centered human resource strategies, and (5) promoting an integrated policy approach linking technology, industry, and culture. This study contributes to the literature by providing a structured, policy-oriented analytical framework grounded in empirical insights. It highlights the need to conceptualize generative AI not merely as a technological tool, but as a driver of institutional and system-level transformation within the sports industry.

Generative AI, Sports Industry, Digital Transformation, Inclusive Innovation

Jaewoo Park , Guoyang Chen

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.91 Vol.10(No.1) 91-110, 2026

This study examines the sporting legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games through a qualitative documentary analysis of policy documents, post-Games evaluation reports, public statistics, news reports, and academic research published between 2009 and 2025, focusing on school, community, and elite sports. Overall, the 2012 Games made substantial progress toward their sporting legacy commitments, although outcomes varied across these domains. At least 1.6 million more people became involved in sport in the UK, British athletes achieved stronger medal results than at the 2008 Olympic Games, and a high level of performance was maintained at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. However, long-term growth in sports participation has been modest. In particular, efforts to stimulate adult participation appear to have produced short-term mobilization rather than stable and sustainable long-term change. Participation in community sport remains unevenly distributed, with low-income groups, women, and ethnic minority communities continuing to be under-represented. Long-term growth in school sports participation is also limited. While activity frequency and positive attitudes toward sport improved, inequalities persist. Elite sport achieved the clearest success, though not without welfare and governance costs.

London 2012, Olympic Legacy, Public Policy, Sporting Legacy, Sports Participation

Min-gyu Seo , Sebeen Jo , Byungmo Ku

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.111 Vol.10(No.1) 111-123, 2026

Early developmental domains, including motor, social, cognitive, and language development, emerge through dynamic and interrelated processes rather than in isolation. However, the sequential ordering of these developmental processes remains unclear. This study used first-wave data from the Korean Early Childhood Education and Care Panel, a nationally representative cohort of children born in 2022. The analytic sample included 2,025 infants aged 4-5 months (n = 1,068) and 6-7 months (n = 957). Gross motor skills, fine motor skills, cognitive ability, social development, and language development were assessed using the Korean Developmental Screening Test for Infants and Children. Path analysis was conducted to compare competing developmental pathway models. Model fit was evaluated using multiple goodness-of-fit indices. Across both age groups, models specifying a sequence in which motor development preceded social development and subsequently language development showed superior fit compared with alternative model specifications. In both age groups, social development showed a stable and significant association with language development, whereas models positioning language development as a precursor to social development exhibited weaker fit. Fine motor skills were consistently associated with social development, while gross motor skills showed stronger associations with social development among infants aged 6-7 months. These findings provide empirical support for a developmental pathway in which early motor skills are indirectly associated with language development through social development during infancy. The results highlight social development as a key mediator linking motor competence and early language acquisition.

Infancy, Motor Development, Social Development, Language Development, Path Analysis

Chanmin Park

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.124 Vol.10(No.1) 124-138, 2026

South Korea's youth sports landscape remains heavily focused on schools, increasingly leaving out homeschooled and out-of-school youth from organized opportunities. This article builds on existing research about youth sport governance, showcasing how legal definitions and administrative frameworks can act as barriers to inclusion. Instead of just proposing a policy, it offers a theoretical and functional blueprint for a version of the U.S. "Tim Tebow laws" tailored for Korea. By examining constitutional principles, legal texts, demographic data, and governance structures in states like Florida and Texas, the article argues that the current exclusion is more about administrative choices than about the inevitable effects of compulsory education. The introduced "K-Tebow Model" aims to broaden access by instituting a residence-based entitlement, ensuring equal academic accountability, and incorporating robust human rights protections. An important aspect of this model is its practicality. It suggests ways to overcome potential pushback from school leaders, sports organizations, and parents of enrolled students. To facilitate a smooth transition, the framework recommends a gradual rollout―starting with access to internal clubs and eventually moving to interscholastic competitions. Additionally, by formally including non-enrolled youth in the state's existing safety and mutual-aid networks, it addresses ongoing liability concerns. Overall, this study lays out a clear and feasible approach to reconcile South Korea's commitment to youth welfare with the reality of a diversifying educational landscape.

Youth Sport Governance, Structural Exclusion, Rights-Based Institutionalism, Out-of-School Youth, Educational Rights, Tim Tebow Law, South Korea

Hyunju Kim , Heehwa Lee

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.139 Vol.10(No.1) 139-154, 2026

This study explores how social perceptions and practice-related discourses on diet dance are structured and circulated in online spaces. Using Textom 6.0, we collected and refined 2,859 online text documents produced over a three-year period starting in 2023 from major portals and social media (e.g., Naver, Daum, and Google). After removing duplicates and irrelevant or promotional content, the dataset was preprocessed through morphology-based procedures, including stop-word removal, consolidation of synonymous terms, and lexical normalization. We then identified salient keywords using word frequency and TF-IDF metrics, examined keyword relationships via co-occurrence-based semantic network analysis, and derived semantic clusters using CONCOR analysis. The discourse was organized around a core axis of “diet-dance-exercise” while integrating multiple interconnected dimensions, including exercise practices, body management indicators, participation environments, online-mediated practice, emotional and leisure experiences, and program/genre expansion. CONCOR analysis yielded seven semantic clusters, indicating that diet dance is not framed solely as a weight-loss exercise but is constructed as a multifaceted social practice shaped by body-management concerns, participation environments, digitally mediated practices, emotional and leisure experiences, and conditions of accessibility and entry. These findings provide empirical evidence for program development, community sport and health promotion policy design, and future measurement development.

Diet Dance, Text Mining, Semantic Network Analysis, CONCOR Analysis, TF-IDF

Weon-il Lee

DOI:10.26584/RDPA.2026.10.1.155 Vol.10(No.1) 155-166, 2026

This paper examines the social welfare functions of the equine industry and the conditions required for their sustainability through an expert-based analytical approach. While prior studies have primarily focused on isolated aspects such as therapeutic effects, economic impacts, or educational outcomes, this paper offers an integrated framework that conceptualizes the equine industry as a relational and welfare-oriented system. Using a mixed-methods design, the study combines a three-round Delphi survey conducted with a panel of ten experts from rehabilitation riding, social welfare, animal welfare, policy, and equine industry practice, followed by an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to determine the relative priority of social welfare functions and policy conditions. The findings demonstrate that rehabilitation and therapeutic functions constitute the core social welfare contribution of the equine industry (w=0.418), while strengthening animal welfare standards emerges as the most critical prerequisite for sustainability (w=0.376), followed by professional workforce development (w=0.318) and governance improvement (w=0.215). By foregrounding animal welfare as a foundational condition rather than a peripheral concern, this paper advances existing literature on equine-assisted services and contributes a policy-oriented perspective to discussions on sustainability in sport- and welfare-related industries. The results provide evidence-based implications for policymakers and practitioners seeking to develop ethically grounded and socially sustainable equine-based welfare programs.

Equine Industry, Equine-Assisted Interventions, Social Welfare Functions, Delphi Method, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)

상명대학교 글로벌문화예술교육연구소

DOI: Vol.10(No.1) 167-167, 2026