A Surrey about Impact of social support on the women participation in sport Activities (case survey: Mazandaran province)

The objective of this study was to consider the impact of social support on women participation in sport activities. This study used survey & cross-sectional method. The data is gathered from 360 women whom selected via stratified sampling and then random sampling from 25 to 40 year old women in 13 cities of Mazandaran. The collection instrument of data was: participation in sport Questionnaire revised. The results showed significant difference among sport activities participations regarding the kind of social support provided for sport activities participation of women. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis results shows that the four studied variables, namely, family members exercising, the best friend exercising, income and profits of sport, in the first place and social support in the second place explained 15.9 and 2.1 percent of variable variance of women participation in sport activities.