Sport Management
shahrzad ghalyan; Sedighe Heydarinejad; Amin Khatibi; Rasool Nouri
Abstract
The ever-increasing expansion of smartphones has developed the number of sports users who use these types of phones to perform sports activities. The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a behavioral model of accepting and using fitness apps in Iranian users based on a compound approach. ...
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The ever-increasing expansion of smartphones has developed the number of sports users who use these types of phones to perform sports activities. The present study was conducted with the aim of designing a behavioral model of accepting and using fitness apps in Iranian users based on a compound approach. The data of the qualitative section was collected through in-depth and semi-structured interviews with programmers and designers of sports programs and academic experts in the field of sports and computers and was categorized into 6 main themes and 21 sub-themes through the theme analysis approach. In the quantitative section, a questionnaire containing 28 items was prepared based on the findings of the qualitative section. The analysis of the responses of 170 users of fitness apps showed that the quality of the app, digital literacy, facilitating conditions, willingness to use the app and trust in the app have an effect on the acceptance and use of these apps. The results of the quantitative section showed that factors such as gender, age and experience of using technology can indirectly affect the willingness to use and the trust and acceptance of users. Therefore, if these things are managed properly, they can strengthen the behavior of users in accepting and using fitness apps. Finally, the behavioral model designed in this research was suitable for Iranian users of fitness apps. The results of this research can be considered as a comprehensive approach to understand the behavior of users in accepting and using fitness apps in Iran.
Shahrzad Ghaliyan; Sedigheh Heydarinezhad; Amin Khatibi
Volume 2, Issue 3 , April 2015, , Pages 53-60
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to identify and ranking the affective factors in the execution of physical education instructing of mentally retarded students from the perspective of Khuzestan physical education teachers with presenting solutions. The present study is of descriptive- Analytical kind ...
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The purpose of this research is to identify and ranking the affective factors in the execution of physical education instructing of mentally retarded students from the perspective of Khuzestan physical education teachers with presenting solutions. The present study is of descriptive- Analytical kind and is a field research. The statistical population of this research includes all the physical education teachers of Khuzestan special schools, i.e. schools of mentally retarded students, which is 46 people that according to the small size of the statistical population, the total population was considered as the statistical sample (N=n=46). Data collection tools included researcher-made questionnaire about having 35 questions in five areas. The face validity of questionnaire was tested by 14 professors and experienced experts of physical education. For reliability, the questionnaire was distributed among 25 teachers in special schools and alpha 0/91 respectively. Descriptive statistical methods were used to describe the research variables and inferential statistical methods were used to test the hypotheses and a significant level ( =0.05) was determined. The findings of the research showed that from the perspective of the teachers, the general prioritizing of affecting factors include the characteristics of physical education teachers, physical education facilities and equipment, the method used in physical education instruction, the method of evaluating it and its content. Based on the results of the research, it is recommended to directors of education and principals.
