Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ministry of sport and youth

2 Assistant Professor of Sports Management, Islamic Azad University, Kerman Branch, Kerman, Iran

3 Associate Professor, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Medicine and Science Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

10.22034/ssys.2026.3746.3734

Abstract

This research aimed to design a management model for disruptive behaviors in football with a grounded theory approach. The research method is qualitative. In this research, semi-structured interviews were used to collect information, and data analysis was performed using the Strauss and Corbin method and the paradigm model. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 21 experts and faculty members in the fields of physical education, psychology, and sociology using the snowball method.The reliability of the interviews was obtained by the intra-subject agreement study method of 0.82. A total of 214 conceptual propositions were created from open codes and 12 axes from the process of relationship between codes and 10 selected codes to develop the main phenomenon. They were analyzed using the systematic coding method (open, axial, and selective). The findings showed that six key components, including: (1) causal conditions (mass pressure-explosion dynamics, local geo-political and climate catalysts), (2) contextual conditions (unstable security ecosystem, structural-agent anomalies and human resource resilience ecology), (3) pivotal phenomenon (cultural-normative ecosystem deviating behavior), (4) intervening conditions (destructive synergies in digital-physical environments), (5) mechanisms (behavioral epidemics and chain transmission), and (6) consequences (negative feedback loops in response systems) are effective in the formation and persistence of vandalism. Accordingly, a comprehensive and local-oriented model was presented that emphasizes the necessity of systemic, trans-regional and cultural interventions instead of one-dimensional and police approaches. This model can be used as a practical framework for sports security policymaking in multicultural and arid regions of Iran.

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