Designing a model of barriers to sports participation of employees of the Ministry of Defense and support of the armed forces from a psychological point of view in order to develop public sports

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 PhD student in sports management, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran. (Corresponding Author)

3 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Islamshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr, Iran.

Abstract

Introduction: The current research was conducted with the aim of designing a model of barriers to sports participation of employees of the Ministry of Defense and support of the armed forces from a psychological point of view in order to develop public sports.
Methods: The current research method was qualitative and based on the foundation's data theory with a systematic approach. The statistical population in the qualitative section includes officials, consultants and experts in the field of public sports in the Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Support. The selection criteria of the participants were subject mastery, practical experience and availability. The statistical population of the quantitative part of this research includes all senior and middle managers and employees of the Ministry of Defense. Purposive sampling method based on theoretical approach was used. Data collection continued until theoretical data saturation and 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted. In order to analyze the data, Strauss and Corbin's three-stage open, axial and selective coding method was used using MaxKuda software, which resulted in the extraction of 172 concepts, 32 subcategories and 13 main categories.
Results:  The results showed that in order to design a model of obstacles to the sports participation of the Ministry of Defense employees and the support of the armed forces from a psychological point of view, in order to develop public sports, the 13 mentioned factors should be taken into consideration as key components, and the relationship between them in the form of the final model of the research. Provided. In this model, the development of sports participation with sub-categories of employee participation areas, target groups and existing opportunities was chosen as the main category or central phenomenon, which as a dependent variable is influenced by conditions such as upstream documents, executive conflicts, lack of strategic thinking, The multiplicity of decision-making institutions, distributional injustice, the function of governance institutions, content facilitators, media orientation, social and organizational factors are located.
Conclusion: The realization of the phenomenon of the development of participation in public sports can lead to a special outcome called mental health and social success.

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