Designing a Behavioral Brain System Model on Social Loneliness and Leisure Boredom with a Modifying Role in Physical Activity Education in the Elderly in Tehran

The aim of this study was to design a model of behavioral brain systems on social loneliness and leisure boredom with a moderating role of physical activity education in the elderly in Tehran. The method of the present research is based on the paradigm of meta-positivist research, in terms of descriptive-survey strategy and in terms of data collection method is among the studies of correlation with the structural equation approach that has been conducted in the field. The statistical population of the study consists of the elderly who participate in parks and are present in physical activities. The statistical sample of the study based on the sample size formula of structural equations and in a cluster method from different regions of Tehran consisted of 189 people. The research instruments included five questionnaires,. SPSS version 25 and Smsrt pls version 3 were used to analyze the data. The results showed that behavioral brain systems and its components do not have a significant effect on social loneliness of the elderly participating in physical activity. Finally, the findings indicated that physical activity education is not considered as a moderating variable in the causal relationship of social loneliness, but in the causal relationship of behavioral brain systems has a positive modulatory effect on social loneliness