Sport Governance and Policy-Making
Maryam Besharatimoghadam; Rahim Ramzaninejad; Mohammad Mahdi Rahmati
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Objective: The aim of this research was to explain the legitimizing functions of sport in the health domain.Methodology: The present study was conducted using a qualitative approach and thematic analysis. Required data were collected through a systematic search in reputable scientific databases and analyzed ...
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Objective: The aim of this research was to explain the legitimizing functions of sport in the health domain.Methodology: The present study was conducted using a qualitative approach and thematic analysis. Required data were collected through a systematic search in reputable scientific databases and analyzed in six stages (including familiarization with data, identification of keywords, coding, theme development, conceptualization, and developing a conceptual model). The validity and reliability of the research were confirmed through expert review in the field and using Cohen's Kappa coefficient (0.7).Results: The findings were organized into 9 main themes, indicating that the legitimizing functions of sport in the health domain are a complex construct of multiple factors. These themes were: Health as a socio-cultural construct; Healthy lifestyle through physical activity; Health in institutional contexts (education and leisure); Self-care and transcendence through sport; The medicalization of sport (with its legitimizing aspects and ethical challenges); Social and cultural dimensions of injury and pain; Physical activity as a health governance project; Sport and health as ideology; and Individual and social dimensions of health management.Conclusion: The legitimacy of sport in the health domain is a dual and multifaceted phenomenon. On the one hand, this legitimacy is reinforced through institutionalization, medical discourse, and health policymaking, transforming sport into an empowering tool for promoting individual and social health. On the other hand, this very process can become a mechanism for exerting social control, imposing cultural norms, reproducing inequalities, and creating ethical conflicts.
Ahmadreza Zohrabi; Abas Khodayari; Mahvash Noorbakhsh; Hossein Abdolmaleki
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Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of modeling the factors affecting the cultural capital of the employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth.Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlation in terms of nature; which was done in the field. ...
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Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of modeling the factors affecting the cultural capital of the employees of the Ministry of Sports and Youth.Methodology: The current research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlation in terms of nature; which was done in the field. The statistical population of the research included experts from the Ministry of Sports and Youth. 387 persons were selected as a sample and participated in the study. The research tool included a researcher-made questionnaire in two parts: descriptive characteristics and specialized questions. The final questionnaire was prepared using the Likert method and with five options. Its face and content validity was verified by 17 experts and the reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha method.Findings: According to the findings, the values obtained for the Q2 index for the components of social capital, body management and identification are in the medium to strong range and for other components in the strong range. Also, except for the two components of identification and social capital, which are in the weak to medium range, the R2 index is in the strong range for the rest of the components. The fit of the model was acceptable.Conclusion: In order to realize the cultural capital, one should first identify the motivations of the people, then implement the planning for the establishment of the cultural capital appropriate to sports organizations through the desired culturalization and emphasis on the identified components.
Ehsan Mohamadi torkamani; Mohammad Mahdi Rahmati; Behnam Naghi-Pour Givi; Reza Sharbatzadeh
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Objective: Nowadays, lifestyle is an effective concept for studying the facts of life of different people. Elite athletes are always one of the most important groups in societies that their lifestyle is of interest to all. Studying the elite athletes’ lifestyles requires a valid and reliable tool. ...
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Objective: Nowadays, lifestyle is an effective concept for studying the facts of life of different people. Elite athletes are always one of the most important groups in societies that their lifestyle is of interest to all. Studying the elite athletes’ lifestyles requires a valid and reliable tool. Therefore, the aim of this study was to construct and validate Elite Athletes Lifestyle Questionnaire. Methodology: The study was mix method that in qualitative phase for identifying lifestyle indicators 19 experts selected for deep unstructured interview in targeted sampling. Qualitative data was analyzed using the Glaser approach of grounded theory and its validity was verified by 10 experts. The statistical population of the quantitative phase was all of the athletes in premier League of football, futsal, volleyball and basketball that 308 of them completed the researcher-made questionnaire in stratified random sampling. Data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis and Fitting Model Indexes were confirmed after correction of some questions. Results: The results showed the Iranian elite athletes’ lifestyle tool has 10 dimensions include Responsibility, Financial Literacy, Leisure, Professional Thinking, Life Vision, Emotional Competencies, Consumption, Cultural Consumption, Religious Behavior and individual Issues. Also, the reliability of sub scales was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient and for the whole scale of 0.89. Conclusion: Due to the results the designed tool, has a good validity and reliability and can be used to study the distinctions of elite athletes lifestyles.
