Designing a Model of Sport Participation Development (Case Study of Guilan Province)

The purpose of the present research work was the conceptual and theoretical development of sport participation with a modeling approach in the Guilan Province sports.
The methodology of this work was of experimental-survey type, in which 154 executive experts and scholars of the sports-for-all field in the Guilan Province were intentionally involved. The instruments of the work involved a secondary research work, interviews, and questionnaires. The main instrument of the researcher-made questionnaire was the research variables in the 5th option Likert scale. The validity of the questionnaires was evaluated by experts (12 people) and factor analysis (fitness index), and its reliability was evaluated using the Cronbach's alpha coefficient (0.90). The qualitative and quantitative results obtained were modeled in the structural, systematic, and behavioral approaches.
Based on the results obtained, the structural model of the work had a favorable fit. Based on the path analysis, the perimeter on the individual (0.673), environment on the management (0.739), environment on the service (0.672), managerial on the individual (0.714), management on the service (0.946), and services were on an individual (0.871). The management, service, and environmental factors had the most impact on the individual level (moderation to participation), respectively.
By interpreting the findings, it can be said that for the development of sport participation, the individual components involved are decisive. Therefore, the environmental orientation, management operations, and service quality must ultimately increase the demand and the continuity of sport participation by reinforcing the individual variables.