Explaining the Subjective Patterns of Experts Around the Key Factors Affecting Sport Policy Making Health and Hygiene-Based Using the Q Method

Poorkhalil, Mohammad; Hemati Afif, Ali; Mohammadian, Fariba

doi:10.22124/jsmd.2022.21769.2667

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under (CC BY-NC 4.0) license

Authors

¹ Ph.D Student in Sport Management, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

² Associate Professor of Sports Management, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22124/jsmd.2022.21769.2667

Abstract

Objective: Sport is one of the cases in which countries seek to improve in order to achieve the goal of good health for the society. In this context, the purpose of this study to explaining the subjective patterns of experts around the key factors affecting sport policy making, health and hygiene-based using the Q method.
Methodology: The present study is in terms of paradigm, interpretative and positivist and based on the purpose is of the type of applied research. The combined method of Q is used to do this research. The participants of this research are formed connoisseurs and experts the field of future research, health policy making, sports science based on their acquaintance and close relationship with the research subject. Thus, first, 15 experts were selected for semi-structured interviews, and in the next step, in order to sort the Q chart, 20 experts were selected through purposive sampling. The obtained data placed processed and Q factor analysis through SPSS software.
Results: The findings showed that according to the identified subjective patterns, the most important key factors affecting the future of community health with emphasis on national sports, is live better movement, educative movement, development of public sports and spiritual health, NGO of Sports and the most of dissident factor by the participants is the politicization of sports.
Conclusion: The results of this study indicating six subjective patterns derived from the prioritization of participants; so that due to the 6 subjective patterns presented characterized that each of them has to relative to each other included different concepts and specifications.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Sport Governance and Policy-Making

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Explaining the Subjective Patterns of Experts Around the Key Factors Affecting Sport Policy Making Health and Hygiene-Based Using the Q Method

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Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 49Spring - 49March 2027Pages 1-22

Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 49
Spring - 49
March 2027
Pages 1-22