The purpose of this study was to determine intrapersonal factors affecting participation in leisure time
sport activities in Iran. The research method was qualitative and the statistical sample consisted of
21sport experts and managements. Deep interviews were used to collect data. Validity of the research
was confirmed by giving the feedback to the interviewees and using their comments and reliability of the
research was approved by Cohen's kappa coefficient (0.736). The grounded theory method was utilized
to analyze data. The results showed some intrapersonal factors including “skills”, “motivations”, “physical
characteristics”, “psychological characteristics” and “knowledge” affect participation of people in leisure
time sport activities. So, different intrapersonal factors are effecting in participation of people in leisure
time sport activities that should be noticed.
کلید واژگان :
Sport activities, Leisure time, Intrapersonal, Factors
