Sociological explanation of stigma in sports for the disabled (Case study of men and women athletes with disabilities in Tehran in 1398)

Subject Areas : ‌Family

aboolfazl Tajarrod ¹ , Bahram Ghadimi ^{2 *} , zahra alipourdarvishi ³ , Shahla Hojat ⁴ , Massoumeh shojaei ⁵

1 - Department of Sociology of Sport, Faculty of Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran.iran
2 - Department of Sociology of Sport, Faculty of Social Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran.iran
3 - Department of Business Management, Faculty of Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran.iran
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj. ایران.
5 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj. ایران.

Received: 2021-05-10 Accepted : 2021-08-28 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: Sports, stigma, Sociological explanation, athlete with disabilities,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to identify and explain the phenomenon of hot stigma in the sports community of the disabled and used a combined research method with an exploratory design. A quantitative survey questionnaire was provided to 120 athletes with disabilities. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts and its reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha (0.971). The findings showed how hot stigma as a social construct plays a role in the norms of the sports community and social exclusion in these individuals and the prevention of their active participation in the social arena of sports, which is considered a criterion for the validity of "theory based." Leads to the phenomenon of instrumental exploitation of the disabled athlete at the level of the individual, family and sports community. This phenomenon of exploitation of the disabled athlete can simultaneously be considered as causal conditions, phenomena, action and interaction conditions. / 0, which indicates the strong desirability of the model and can be a good model with a holistic, systematic and long-term view of the sport of the disabled and tries to guide the action of managers in the distant time horizons and wider areas of implementation.