Testing the Conceptual Model of Causal Relationship between Personality Traits and Intention to Use in Sport Spectators in Football Premier League in Iran

The aim of this study was to test the conceptual model of the causal relationship between personality traits and intention to use in sport spectators in football premier league in Iran. 390 spectators who attended the matches of Esteghlal of Tehran, Persepolis of Tehran and Tractorsazi of Tabriz teams voluntarily responded to the these questionnaires: the personality traits of Costa and McCarey (1992) and intention to use in spectators of Jamaat (2015) by stratified random sampling method. The findings showed no significant causal relationship between neurotic personality trait and intention to use in the football premier league spectators (t=0.14, P=0.89), and between agreeableness personality trait and intention to use in the spectators of the Iran football premier league spectators (P=0.86, t=0.17). There was a significant positive relationship between extravertion personality trait and the intention to use in the spectators of Iran football premier league (t=4.47, P=0.001). There was a significant negative relationship between the personality trait of desire for new experiences and intention to use in the spectators of Iran football premier league (P=0.002, t= -3.14). There was a significant negative relationship between conscientiousness personality trait and intention to use in Iran football premier league spectators (P=0.001, t= -3.44).