Research on Educational Sport

The Effect of Perceived Social Support on Students' Quality of Life with the Mediating Role of Sports Participation Motivation

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor of Sport Management,, Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Management, Faculty of Sport Science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran.

Abstract
The present study investigated the mediating role of sports participation motivation in the relationship between perceived social support and students' quality of life. This research is part of an intra-university research project at the Shahrood University of Technology and has an ethical code, IR.SHAHROODUT.REC.1401.022. In terms of practical purpose, in terms of data collection method, it was descriptive-correlation of structural equation modeling type. The statistical population was all of Urmia city's lower and upper پsecondary school students in the academic year 2022-2023, of which 384 people were selected as a sample. To measure the variables of the research, the questionnaires on the perceived social support of Zimet et al. (1988), the quality of life of the World Health Organization (1996), and the motivation of sports participation by Sacli-Uzunöz (2015) were used. Data analysis was done with the structural equation modeling method and Smart PLS 2 software. The results indicated a positive and significant direct effect of perceived social support factors and the motivation of sports participation on students' quality of life. Also, 26.7% of the total effect of perceived social support on quality of life was indirectly explained by the variable of sports participation motivation, which confirms the mediating role of sports participation motivation in the relationship between perceived social support variables and quality of life.

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Research on Educational Sport
Volume 11, Issue 33
February 2024
Pages 107-136

  • Receive Date 13 February 2023
  • Revise Date 08 October 2023
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