Document Type : Original research study

Authors

• Rahim Teymouri ¹
• Jafar Barghi Moghaddam ¹
• Habib Mohammadpour Yaghini ¹
• Mohammad Rahim Najafzadeh ¹
• Samad Zahiri Aghcheh Dizaj ²

¹ Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

² Department of Political Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of the current research was to investigate the dimensions and factors affecting the development of the political psychology of sports in Iran. The current research is descriptive-correlational in terms of applied purpose. The statistical population of the research is all specialists and experts in the field of psychology, the field of political science, experts in the field of sports management (directors of the general administration of sports and youth and sports organizations), sports bodies (Ministry of Sports, managers, trainers, athletes and sports referees) and University professors and researchers who worked in the specialized field of sports political psychology. The statistical sample was selected using the available targeted method (375 people). A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data, and the face validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts (9 people). Also, its reliability was calculated using Cronbach's alpha test (0.91) and composite reliability. To analyze the data and check the fit of the model, structural equation modeling was used in PLS3-SPSS24 software. The results showed that the dimensions of the strategies had the greatest impact on the consequences with the value (β=0.761) and the causal conditions on the main phenomenon with the value (β=0.313), the background conditions on the main phenomenon with the value (β=0.760), The main phenomenon on strategies with a value of (β=0.519) and the intervening conditions on the main phenomenon with a value of (β=0.449) had a direct and significant role in explaining the dimensions and factors affecting the development of the political psychology.

Keywords

• political development of sports
• dimensions of sports psychology
• political psychology
• political behavior

Main Subjects

• Studies for Educational Psychology of Sports for special groups