Development of a structural model of sports identity in taekwondo athletes of West Azerbaijan province

Subject Areas : Social Evolutions

Nabiollah Motallebi ¹ , Mohammad Rahim Najafzadeh ² , Jafar Barghi Moghadam ³ , Hamid Janani ⁴

1 - PhD Student, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
4 - Assistant Professor of Sport Management, Department of Physical Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

Received: 2023-12-08 Accepted : 2024-06-05 Published : 2024-05-11

Keywords: sports identity, taekwondo players, West Azerbaijan,

Abstract :

Sports identity is a type of social identity that refers to the belonging of a group of athletes to a specific discipline. Sports identities are a valuable part of a person's feeling. A strong sports identity can cause the motivation and discipline necessary for an athlete's continuous attendance in training as well as success at high levels of sports. The statistical population includes taekwondo athletes of West Azarbaijan province with at least 2 years of experience in the provincial league, which included 2100 people based on the documented statistics of the General Directorate of Sports and Youth of West Azarbaijan province. The sample size was calculated based on Cochran's 324 formula and selected based on simple random sampling. questionnaire was confirmed based on the criteria of Fornell and Larcker, the divergent validity of the questionnaires; Also, composite reliability (Dillon-Goldstein coefficient) was acceptable. SPSS and SmartPLS software were used for data analysis. The results showed that the effect of identification with the sports team (with a regression coefficient of 0.30 and a critical ratio of 18.48), technical sports identity (with a regression coefficient of 0.36 and a critical ratio of 2.00), social sports identity (with a regression coefficient of 27 0.0 and critical ratio 19.22) and sports moral identity (regression coefficient 0.30 and critical ratio 2.38) which are outside the range of ±1.96 and also due to obtaining a significance level smaller than 0.05 , is positive and significant on sports identity in taekwondo athletes of West Azarbaijan province.