The effect of participation in sport-based leisure activities on social empowerment and social development of school teachers

Document Type : Original research

Authors
eskandar taheri 1
lila jamshidain 2
ahmad torkfar 3
Mehrzad Moghadasi 2
1 PhD Student in Sport Management, Islamic Azad University Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
3 Associate Professor of Sport Management, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2020.9600.2060
Abstract
The present study was designed and conducted to investigate the effect of participation in sports-based leisure activities on social empowerment and social development of school teachers. The method of the present study was descriptive-analytical and was a causal method based on structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study consisted of all school teachers in Bushehr province, but an accurate and comprehensive number of them was not available. Therefore, based on the Cochran sample size formula, 384 people were identified as the research sample. After distributing and collecting research questionnaires, 321 questionnaires were analyzed. The sampling method in the present study was random clusters according to the geographical areas of Bushehr province. Data collection tools in the present study included three questionnaires of leisure status based on sports Karimian et al. (2013), social empowerment of Merle et al. (2011) and social development of Ellis and Itzman (1990). The statistical method used in the present study included the structural equation method. The results showed that participation in sports-based leisure activities has a significant effect on social empowerment of 0.498. The results showed that participation in sports-based leisure activities has a significant effect on social development of 0.527.
Keywords
Sport participation
leisure
social empowerment
social development

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 13, Issue 47
April 2024
Pages 1-14

  • Receive Date 20 October 2020
  • Revise Date 16 December 2020
  • Accept Date 26 December 2020