Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Sport Science Research Institute of Iran (SSRI)
3 Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Payame Noor University
4 Ph.D. Student of Sport Management, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explain the correlational model of spiritual health with professional ethics in sport coaches. To this aim, 185 coaches (117 males and 68 females, age mean 41.57 years, coaching experience mean 15.27 years) from various sports were selected using simple random sampling method and completed the Spiritual Health Questionnaire (Allah-Bakhshian et al., 2010) and Professional Ethics Questionnaire of Sporting Coaches (Eydi et al., 2016). The Data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient, multivariate regression model, and structural equation modeling at the 95% confidence level. The results showed that dimensions and overall level of spiritual health have significant and positive bivariate relationships with dimensions and overall level of professional ethics. According to the results of regression analysis, coaching philosophy (17.6%), rule orientation (16.8%), applying collective wisdom (14.8%), respect to values and norms (14.1%), humanistic relationship (13.3%), and interest to profession (11.6%) were explained by the dimensions of spiritual health, respectively. The dimensions of spiritual health explained totally 26.1% of the overall level of professional ethics variance in sport coaches. Finally, the results of structural equation modeling showed significant and positive multiple correlation among the dimensions of spiritual health and professional ethics. The findings of the study suggest that the level of professional ethics in sport coaches could be improved through increasing the spiritual health.
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