Inhibitor Factors to Girl Student's Participation in Out-of-School Sport Activities

The purpose of this study was to investigate the inhibitor factors to girl students’ participation in out-of-school sport activities. This study is a kind of descriptive-survey research. Th e statistical population was middle schools students (13262 students) in Arak city. The statistical sample consisted of 372 students based on Morgan table. To collect the data, a researcher made questionnaire was used. Content validity of questionnaire was confirmed by experts and faculty members. Structural validity was confirmed by factor analysis test, and its reliability was confirmed through the kronbach’s coefficient (α = 0.893). This questionnaire involved 39 questions in 7 item scale include structural, intrapersonal, interpersonal, financial, social-cultural, facilities and managerial barriers based on Likert scale from 1 to 5. Descriptive statistic and Friedman test were used to analyze the data. The results showed that, students confronted with the factor inhibiting such as sport spaces, financial, inter-personal, managerial, social-cultural, structural and individual. It suggested that some strategies and actions are necessary to reduce or delete these inhibitors.