Study of improving social growth in professional football players in Iran

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Mohammad Bagher Askarnia 1
Mohammad Rahim Najafzadeh 2
Hamid Janani 2
Jafar Barghi Moghadam 2
1 Ph.D student of Sport management, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz , Iran
2 Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2021.10367.2145
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the improvement of social development in professional football players in Iran. The research method was survey. The statistical population of the study includes the players of the country's premier football league, which according to estimates, the number of these people was 400 people. According to the available selection and based on Morgan table, 196 people were identified as the research sample. After distributing and collecting research questionnaires, 165 questionnaires were collected and analyzed. The collection tools of the present study included the standard questionnaire of Askernia et al. (2016). The statistical method used in the present study included the structural equation method. According to the results of the research model, it was found that all factors have a significant impact on the development of social growth. Considering that the amount of t determined in all factors is higher than 1.96, it was found that all these factors had a significant presence in the social development of the research samples.
Keywords
Social Development
Social skills
change
Football

Main Subjects

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 12, Issue 43
April 2023
Pages 137-158

  • Receive Date 15 April 2021
  • Revise Date 11 August 2021
  • Accept Date 17 August 2021