The Relationship between Cultural Intelligence and Sports Success by using Bayesian Analysis Approach (Case Study: Athletes of the Iranian National Canoe-Polo Team)

Subject Areas : Strategic Studies in Sport

Zohre Meshkati ¹ , Sahar Faeghi ² , Amir Timor Payandeh Najafabadi, ³

1 - Department of motor behavior, Faculty of Sports Sciencse, Isfahan (khorasgan) branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Department of Management, Faculty of Islamic Governance, Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
3 - Department of Bimometric Sciences, Faculty of Statistics and Mathematics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2022-04-21 Accepted : 2022-09-08 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: Iran, Canoe-polo, National Team, Cultural Intelligence, Sports Achievement,

Abstract :

Objective: This study aims at investigating the relationship of cultural intelligence in the Iran national team canoe-polo athletes with athletic achievement.Methodology: This study is descriptive- correlation and the subjects are all Iran national team canoe-polo athletes including 22 individuals (8 males and 14 females). The research method consisted of a researcher-made cultural-sports intelligence questionnaire (with four major dimensions of cognitive, Meta-cognitive, motivational and behavioral). The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed with a 0.94 coefficient of ordinal theta for cultural intelligence. Hypothesis testing was done through the Bayesian Analysis Approach capable of doing structural analysis with a small sample volume by AMOS software.Results: Findings showed that the measurement model of all tracks the cultural intelligence factor and its dimension together with the amount of achievement at the %95 level. There was not a significant difference between cultural intelligence and none of its dimensions in male and female athletes of Iran national team (0.776 ≥ 0.05).Conclusion: According to research findings and cultural intelligence ability to be trained as helping keys in reaching athletic achievement, it is recommended that canoe-polo officials and sports managers try to understand the need, plan and train the athletes so that it will be an act of improving the socio-cultural aspect of this issue.

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