Smartphones, investigating the effect of depression and social anxiety on the quality of friendship and the mediating role of fobbing behavior in the use of mobile phones in young sportsmen of the country
Subject Areas : Sociological studies of sports
sajad Edalatpour
1
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Kazem cheragh birkandi
2
1 - Master's student in sports management, Islamic Azad University, Birjand branch
2 - Department of Physical Education, Birjand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Birjand, Iran.
Keywords: :Depression:, :social anxiety:, : friendship quality:, :phobic behavior:,
Abstract :
Objective: Having friends is an important aspect of our life. There are ideal expectations for maintaining and strengthening friendships. People expect their friends to spend a lot of time together by engaging in mutual activities and sharing interests, and to engage in more conventional morality, loyalty, and emphatic understanding. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of depression and social anxiety on the quality of friendship and the mediating role of fobbing behavior in the use of mobile phones in young athletes of the country Methodology: The research method is descriptive and was conducted in the field. The statistical population of the research included all the young athletes of the country. Due to the unlimited statistical population, 384 people were selected according to Morgan's table, and multi-stage cluster sampling method was used. The research tools include Goldberg's standard depression questionnaire (2007), Jarbak's standard social anxiety questionnaire (1996), Hejazi and Zahrawand's standard friendship quality questionnaire (2013), and Sun et al. they got. To ensure the validity of the questionnaires, after compiling them, the opinions and guidance of expert professors in the science of sports management were used and their opinions were included in the final questionnaire. To ensure the reliability of the questionnaires, 30 copies were distributed in a preliminary study on a sample that was completely randomly selected, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient for depression (α=0.89), social anxiety (α=0.91), friendship quality ( α = 0.93) and for the behavior of fobbing in the use of mobile phones (α = 0.85) was obtained. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data results using SPSS version 22 and Smart Plus version 3 software. Results: The results of the research showed that depression and social anxiety have a significant inverse effect on the quality of friendship in young sportsmen of the country. On the other hand, the effect of fobbing behavior on the quality of friendship was also significant and in the opposite direction. Also, the structural model of the research showed a good fit according to the value of GOF = 0.63. Conclusion: Therefore, it is recommended; Fobbing behaviors should be taken seriously, and group sports activities should be used in the daily schedule to create quality friendships and avoid any depression and anxiety.