Explaining the model of social dimensions affecting the development of political psychology in sports

Document Type : Original research

Authors
Tina SoltanAhmadi 1
Zynalabedin Fallah 2
Taher Bahlekeh 1
1 Department of Physical Education, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran
2 Associate Professor of Physical Education Department, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran
10.22089/spsyj.2024.15208.2416
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to explain the model of social dimensions effective on the development of political psychology in sports. 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 Sociology and sports management, 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 (0.761) and the causal conditions on the main phenomenon with the value (0.313), the background conditions on the main phenomenon with the value (0.760), The main phenomenon on strategies with a value of (0.519) and the intervening conditions on the main phenomenon with a value of (0.449) had a direct and significant role in explaining the model, social dimensions were effective on the development of political psychology in sports.
Keywords
political development of sports
Social dimensions
dimensions of sports psychology
political psychology
political behavior

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Sport Psychology Studies
Volume 13, Issue 47
April 2024
Pages 155-168

  • Receive Date 01 July 2023
  • Revise Date 13 February 2024
  • Accept Date 09 March 2024