sardar Mohammadi; Mohammad Soltan Hosseini; mojtaba ghasemi
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the components of sport furniture in Isfahan city parks. Methodology: The research method was qualitative. The statistical population of the study was consisted of all users of Isfahan sport parks who used these parks for sport and physical activity ...
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the components of sport furniture in Isfahan city parks. Methodology: The research method was qualitative. The statistical population of the study was consisted of all users of Isfahan sport parks who used these parks for sport and physical activity at least 2 years and 3 times a week. From 15 regions of Isfahan, 6 regions (1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12) were selected according to their geographical location, and 2 parks from each region (12 parks in total) were selected, and through snowball sampling, 46 parks users were interviewed (depending on their gender and age). After three stages of open, axial, and selective coding, the categories were extracted. NVIVO10 software was used to analyze the qualitative data. Results: Extracted components were categorized into five factors: cultural-educational factor, place, sports facilities and equipment factor, welfare and financial infrastructure factor, motivational factor, social factor and women's special factor. Conclusion: Isfahan sports authorities can with improve the amenities, sports in the parks, sports institutionalize between men and women, inform the public and ... provide the opportunity for all classes to participate in sports in the parks.
sara keshkar; Hamid Ghasemi; Vahid Choopankareh
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Objective: Sport as one of the man's prominent activities has an important role in citizen life. Nowadays, the urban parks are very important places to take part in physical activities and communicate with other people. The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of social communication ...
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Objective: Sport as one of the man's prominent activities has an important role in citizen life. Nowadays, the urban parks are very important places to take part in physical activities and communicate with other people. The purpose of this research was to investigate the role of social communication on recreational sport participation in the urban parks focused on demographic characteristics of participants. Methodology: It is a descriptive survey done as a field study. The research population was the people who participated in physical activities in the parks of Mashhad. According to Morgan's sampling table, the sample size was 384 participants selected by cluster random sampling. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire prepared considering the research literature and background. The validity was approved by the experts. Cronbach's Alpha showed a high reliability (α= 0.88). Results: Making friends and communicating with the peers were the important motivations for the participants. Accompanying friends were considered as a strong stimulus for participants to continue sport participation in the parks. Interestingly, the communication networks of recreational sport participation have been extended to non-sport spaces. Conclusion: The old people, individuals with higher education degree and the divorced ones do not mind sport participation to make social communication.
