Key KavoosSaeidi KavoosSaeidi; Bahram Ghadimi; Kaveh Khabiri; Mohammad Ali Aslan Khani
Volume 20, Issue 51 , June 2021, , Pages 217-238
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Today, sport is of wide range. Sport is a symbol of peace and coexistence, tolerance and mutual acceptance, the basis and organizer of ethnic relations around the world, under the umbrella of peace and security. The study is a sociological analysis of new approaches to Olympic sports in the development ...
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Today, sport is of wide range. Sport is a symbol of peace and coexistence, tolerance and mutual acceptance, the basis and organizer of ethnic relations around the world, under the umbrella of peace and security. The study is a sociological analysis of new approaches to Olympic sports in the development of international peace and friendship. The method of the study within quantitative and qualitative formats and in terms of applied purpose and data collection, was descriptive. By reviewing the literature related to this field and conducting qualitative interviews (content analysis) with 12 experts in the field of Olympics, the elements and items of the development of international peace and friendship in Olympic sports were identified. The statistical population included 37 senior sports directors of the Olympic field, and the statistical sample of the interviewees ranged from snowball technique to theoretical saturation. After coding and analyzing the interviews, a questionnaire was then developed. In the quantitative part, descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and t-test were used to analyze the data to determine the appropriateness of the model. The SPSS-22 and LISREL were the softwares used in the study. In exploratory factor analysis, the analysis of 41 items of the initial questionnaire used the method of analysis of the main elements with vertical rotation and Varimax technique and the value of the reliability index based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient was equal to 0/799. Also, four components were identified as key factors in the new Olympic approach to peace and friendship, with a total impact of 56/823%.
Mojtaba Salemi Khozani; Mohammad Ali Aslan Khani; Kaveh Khabiri
Volume 19, Issue 48 , September 2020, , Pages 255-271
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Aggression is a growing social problem in its various forms. The studying the aggression in sports is important for several reasons. The article is to explain the social factors in Iranian Taekwondo Men’s Aggression (Case Study: Professional Taekwondo Athletes). This research is practical ...
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Aggression is a growing social problem in its various forms. The studying the aggression in sports is important for several reasons. The article is to explain the social factors in Iranian Taekwondo Men’s Aggression (Case Study: Professional Taekwondo Athletes). This research is practical according to the purpose. According to an inquiry from the Taekwondo Federation, the statistical population of athletes is about 1000 people. In this research, Cochran's sample estimation formula has been used and 310 people were selected as the statistical sample. Structural equation model was used to confirm the research hypotheses and indicators of relative deprivation, job security and job satisfaction were added together and were used as indicators of social factors. The results showed that the effect of social factors with a coefficient of 42 is significant at the level of 99% confidence. It should be noted that the component of job security with a coefficient of 0/17 and job satisfaction with a coefficient of 0/16 at the level of 99% confidence was positive and significant. Also, relative deprivation was of no significant effect on aggression.
Davood NooriNoori; Bahram Ghadimi; Mohammad Ali Aslankhani; Zahra Ali Pourdarvish
Volume 18, Issue 45 , December 2019, , Pages 185-204
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In the last century, football has become a major player in cultural, social, economic and, more importantly, political and international exchanges. As this sport affects beliefs, attitudes and practices, and as one of the factors contributing to the formation of internal and external policies and relationships, ...
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In the last century, football has become a major player in cultural, social, economic and, more importantly, political and international exchanges. As this sport affects beliefs, attitudes and practices, and as one of the factors contributing to the formation of internal and external policies and relationships, it can carry out numerous social, economic, cultural and diplomatic functions and has made a lot of change in countries. As a result, sports and sport activities have gone beyond physical activity or entertainment, and have achieved various social, cultural, economic, political and international goals and functions. Analysis of theories and research found that among the various phenomena, football as one of the examples of relations between countries has been able to place a special place among the programs of developing countries to express their own society demands to the world. The political, social, economic, and cultural functions of football, and its effects and effects on the level of interactions between states and others, international actors, have the potential to be theorized and conceptualized. Based on the findings of this study, the specifics and functions of football diplomacy can be seen as strengthening national identity as a means of development, peace and reconciliation tools, a tool for altruism and improving relations, a soft power tool, a tool for convergence and dialogue in the national and international dimension of countries. This article is based on descriptive-analytical method and the method of data collection is based on documentary and library and comparative study.