Research on Educational Sport

Sociological Study of Sport Participation Process Based on Symbolic Interaction Approach

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mohamad Mahdi Rahmati 1
fardin Alikhah 2
Syede Massomeh Shadmanfaat 3
saeed kabiri 4

1 Department of Social Science, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

2 Department of social science, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

3 Independent Researcher

4 Department of sociology, University of Mazandaran

https://doi.org/10.22089/res.2017.4245.1307
Abstract
Sports and sporting events in today's world have become an important part of everyday life. People's sport participation is influenced by various factors, including the sport socialization, structural and social factors. Therefore, the present study uses a symbolic interaction approach to explore the sociological study of the process of sports participation. In this regard, using the quantitative method and Socialization of Sport, athletic identity, sport commitment, social-structural constraints and sports participation scales, a sample of 574 athletes in the city of Rasht, the hypothesis were tested using structural equation model. The results indicate that the athletes' sport participation process in the first place generally began with sport socialization and the amount of sport support received, In the next step, athletes’ athletic identity and sport commitment are formed with continued participation in sports. Furthermore, the structural and social pressures play a decisive role in the sport socialization, athletic identity, sport commitment and sport participation of athletes. In general, as the findings of this study showed, sports participation is socially constructed and sustained by structural-social factors.

Keywords

Sport Participation
Social Support
Athletic Identity
Sport Commitment
Structural-Social Pressure
Symbolic Interaction

Subjects

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Research on Educational Sport
Volume 6, Issue 15
Fall 2018& Winter 2019
November 2018
Pages 223-246

  • Receive Date 02 June 2017
  • Revise Date 11 September 2017
  • Accept Date 18 September 2017

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