Providing the Model of Impact of Socio-economic and Cultural Factors on Students'Tendency towardsPublicSport (Case study: Students of Payam-e Noor University of Kermanshah Province

The objective of study was to analyze the effect of socio-economic and cultural factors on students' tendency to public sport. This is a descriptive-correlational research. The statistical population consisted of all students of Payam-e Noor University of Kermanshah (n=5000), which 357 of them were selected as sample of study using the Cochran sampling. The research tool included the combination of views of Gaffman, Giddens, Bourdieu, and Bloch, developed a new concept called sport-oriented life style. Structural equation model with PLS software was used to analyze the data. The results show that the demographic variables with path coefficient of 0.14 and the T value of 4.06, the representative variable of individual aspects with path coefficient of 0.17 and the T value of 4.83, the variable of others’ judgment of individual management of his body with path coefficient of 0.39 and the T value of 10.83, the role of communication media with the path coefficient of 0.13 and the T value of 3.13, the variable of social, economic, and cultural capital with path coefficient of 0.11, and the T value of 3.24, and the variable of socio-economic status with path coefficient of 0.15 and T value of 3.33 affected the students' tendency to public sport.In this regard, the impact of the judgment of others on individual management on the body had the greatest impact and the variables of social, economic, and cultural capital had the lowest impact on the students’ tendency to public sports.