Designing a model of cultural barriers for women's participation in leisure sports activities in sports recreation centers

Subject Areas : Sports Management Studies

Mehdi Salimi ¹ , Leila Moslehi ² , Amir Hossein Labbaf ³

1 - Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 -

Received: 2022-01-12 Accepted : 2022-01-22 Published : 2022-01-21

Keywords: Sports, Women, leisure, culture,

Abstract :

Purpose: Leisure is one of the dimensions of social life that if it contradicts the common culture of society, it can become a social problem or dilemma; Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing a model of cultural barriers to women's participation in leisure sports activities in sports recreation centers.Methodology: The research method in terms of type and data analysis was qualitative with a data theorizing approach. The statistical population of the study consisted of senior managers, officials and faculty members aware of the field of research, which in order to select the sample people, purposeful sampling method based on a theoretical approach was used. The required data were collected using in-depth interviews and analyzed in three stages of open, axial and selective coding.Results: Based on the obtained results, causal conditions include the existence of non-indigenous culture, patriarchal perspective, weakness in the capital of women's sports culture, lack of social support and motivational barriers; Underlying conditions including economic factors, facility and facility factors and managerial factors and intervening conditions including individual factors and religious tendencies were identified. Strategies were introduced in three areas of needs assessment and policy-making, localization and alignment of relevant bodies, and after presenting the consequences, a paradigm model was presented.Conclusion: Needs assessment and policy-making, alignment of organs to achieve goals and localization of leisure activities have desirable results in order to remove cultural barriers to the presence of women in sports and recreation centers and use the benefits, Will bring.

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