Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Ph.D. Student in Physical Education, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Science and Research Unit, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The general aim of the current research was to study the sociological pattern of sports habits among the elderly in Tehran. The current research was a qualitative research that used the thematic analysis approach. The statistical community of this research was formed by sports sociologists, senior managers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, senior managers of the Tehran Municipal Sports Organization. After the interviews, selective coding, central and open codes were extracted and then the qualitative paradigm of the research was presented. The pattern of sports habits among the elderly in Tehran from 3 categories (symbolic capital, social capital and cultural capital), 9 secondary concepts (social relations, aging period, social dignity, sociability, social support, social motivation, physical and physical capital, acculturalization of sports for the elderly, knowledge and awareness of the elderly) and 52 basic concepts were formed.The pattern of sports habits among the elderly in Tehran from 3 categories (symbolic capital, social capital and cultural capital), 9 secondary concepts (social relations, aging period, social dignity, sociability, social support, social motivation, physical and physical capital, acculturalization of sports for the elderly, knowledge and awareness of the elderly) and 52 basic concepts were formed.
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