توصيف نگرش و گرايش مردم به فعاليت هاي حركتي و ورزشي در جمهوري اسلامي ايران

Attitude and tendency of people toward physical activity and sport in Islamic Republic of Iran

The purpose of the present study was to describe the attitude and tendency of people toward physical activity and sport in Islamic Republic of Iran. For this reason, a research-made questionnaire with 3 part (attitude, tendency and demographic information) were distributed to 12745 person (6615 male and 6130 female). Kenyon scale (1968) was used for designing attitude part of questionnaire. Content validity of questionnaire was confirmed by experts and internal consistency of questionnaire in pilot studies was 0.87. The analyzing of data were showed that 34.5% of research participants did not have any participation in physical activity. Having fun and happiness, development of mental and body health, self-confidence achievement and having appreciable moral and behavior, were most important reasons and motivations for people to participation in physical and sport activities. There was no significant difference between total attitude of male and female toward physical activity and sport (P=0.13, Z=-1.48). Generally, results of this research showed that attitude of various people toward physical activity and sport was different in respect of gender, job and educational degree.