The impact of Attribution style and strategic thinking in the development of sports participation

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Behnaz Moslehi Fard 1
Jafar BarghiMoghaddam 2
Mohammad Rahim Najafzadeh 3
Hamid Janani 3
1 Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran.
3 Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2023.14757.2396
Abstract
The present research was designed and implemented with the aim of investigating the impact of Attribution style and thinking strategy on the development of sports participation. The research method was exploratory. The present research was one of the practical researches that was conducted in the field. The statistical population included sports employees of sports and youth departments of East Azarbaijan province. These people included employees who regularly exercised. Due to the fact that the number of these people was unknown, Cochran's sample size method was used under conditions of unknown population size. Based on this method, 384 people were identified as samples. The instrument of this research was a standard questionnaire. In order to analyze the data of the present research, the method of structural equations was used. All research data analysis process was done in SPSS and PLS software. The results of the present research showed that Attribution style (0.541) and thinking strategy (0.454) have an effect on sports participation. In other words, Attribution style and thinking strategy can increase the level of people's sport participation while creating sustainable behaviors through their functions in attitudinal and intellectual issues.
Keywords
Sport Participation
Attribution Style
Thinking Strategy
East Azarbaijan

Main Subjects

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 13, Issue 47
April 2024
Pages 63-78

  • Receive Date 01 May 2023
  • Revise Date 24 October 2023
  • Accept Date 08 December 2023