بررسي عوامل فرهنگي مؤثر بر گرايش به فعاليت هاي ورزشي در زنان 25 تا 40 سال شهر تهران

A study of factors cultural on attitude toward physical activities in 25-40 year old women in Tehran.

The purpose of the present research was to study the role of cultural factors on the attitude of women living in the city of Tehran. The statistical population of this study included women aged 25 to 40 years old. From event region, 26 women, half which were athlete and the other half were non-athlete. Overall, 130 individuals were randomly selected for this study. Indirect observation, library method, interview and questionnaire were used to collect data. The Result of analysis of data showed that the most significant factors attracting women to sport were mental and physical health as well as attractive figure. In the other hand cultural and social restrictions for participating in sport, lack of attention to ones physical and spiritual well being, influence of attitudes and religious believe governing the society are the cause of not having sufficient knowledge about the effect of exercise beside informing the public by public media. The most important means of encouraging women to exercise is convincig them about the effectiveness of exercise on their ability development, provision of sport facilities, financial assistance and promoting sport culture between the families.