Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Master Student of Sport Management, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
3 Assistant Professor of Exercise Physiology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
Abstract
Objective: This research was conducted with the aim of studying the role of environmental knowledge on environmental responsibility and environmentally friendly behavior of paragliding athletes.
Methodology: A survey method was used to conduct this research. All paraglider athletes using the flight site of Ramyan city were considered as the community. In a period of 3 months, 319 paragliding athletes were purposefully selected as samples. Data collection was done using three questionnaires of environmental knowledge (Liang et al., 2016), environmental responsibility (Taufique et al., 2014) and environmentally friendly behavior (Lee et al., 2015). The collected data were analyzed using both descriptive statistics (including frequency, mean, and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (specifically, structural equation modeling). The analyses were conducted using two statistical software programs: SPSS version 25 and Smart PLS version 3.
Results: The findings showed that environmental knowledge has a positive and significant effect on the environmental responsibility of paragliding athletes. It was also found that the effect of environmental knowledge on the environmentally friendly behavior of paragliding athletes is positive and significant. In addition, the results showed that environmental responsibility has a positive and significant effect on the environmentally friendly behavior of paragliding athletes. Finally, it was found that environmental knowledge has a positive and significant effect on the environmentally friendly behavior of paragliding athletes with the mediating role of environmental responsibility.
Conclusion: Training environmental issues to Paragliding athletes can have positive consequences such as increasing environmental responsibility and developing nature-friendly behavior in them.
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