The structure model of environmental behaviors based on professional ethics in athletes

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Department of Movement Behavior, University of Tabriz

2 Doctoral student of motor behavior, Ares campus

3 Movement Behavior Department, Tabriz University

10.22034/gp.2024.60151.3227

Abstract

The current research was conducted with the aim of the relationship between environmental protection behaviors and the mediating role of professional ethics in athletes. The research method was descriptive-correlation studies based on structural equations. The statistical population of the research was made up of all the athletes, who were selected as a sample based on the multi-stage cluster random sampling method based on the unlimited population size and according to Morgan's table. In order to collect information, questionnaires of professional ethics and environmental protection behaviors of Kaiser (1999) were used. The reliability of the questionnaires was found to be 0.854 and 0.832, respectively, based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data analysis was done through Pearson test and structural equations with AMOS software. According to the results of the Pearson correlation test, there is a significant positive relationship between professional ethics and environmental protection behaviors (Sig=0.001, r=0.714). Also, the results of structural equations showed that the mediation of professional ethics has a significant positive effect on the environmental protection behaviors of athletes.

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پژوهش حاضر با هدف رابطه بین رفتارهای حفاظت از محیط زیست با نقش میانجی اخلاق حرفه ای در ورزشکاران تدوین گردید. روش پژوهش از نوع مطالعات توصیفی-همبستگی مبتنی بر معادلات ساختاری بود. جامعه آماری تحقیق را کلیه ورزشکاران استان آذربایجان شرقی تشکیل دادند که با توجه به حجم جامعه نامحدود و بر اساس جدول مورگان تعداد 384 نفر بر اساس روش نمونه­گیری تصادفی خوشه ای چندمرحله­ای به عنوان نمونه انتخاب شدند. جهت جمع آوری اطلاعات از پرسشنامه­های اخلاق  حرفه ای کاوزیر و رفتارهای حفاظت از محیط زیست کایزر (1999) استفاده شد. پایایی پرسشنامه ها بر اساس ضریب آلفای کرونباخ به ترتیب برابر با 854/0 و 832/0 بدست آمد. تجزیه و تحلیل داده­ها از طریق آزمون پیرسون و معادلات ساختاری با نرم­افزار AMOS صورت گرفت. با توجه به نتایج آزمون همبستگی پیرسون بین اخلاق حرفه ای و رفتارهای حفاظت از محیط زیست (001/0=Sig، 714/0=r) رابطه مثبت معناداری وجود دارد. همچنین نتایج معادلات ساختاری نشان داد  اخلاق حرفه ای بر رفتارهای حفاظت از محیط زیست ورزشکاران اثر مثبت معناداری دارد

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