Determination of the Role of Socialization Factors in the Development of Sports ‎Participation Youths (Case Study: Isfahan City)

Purpose of the present study was to Determination of the Role of Socialization Factors in the Development of ‎Sports Participation of Isfahan City’s Youths. Method of the study was based on the purpose of the research and the data were collected in a naturally applied manner; the study was a Descriptive -explanatory one. Participants included all the Isfahan City’s youths with 15 through 29 years of age 400 of whom were selected for the sample mass. A multi-stage sampling method was used and data were collected through the researcher-designed questionnaire the validity of which had been examined and approved of by some of lectures of physical education and sociology at the University of Isfahan. The results showed a significant relationship between the variables family, friends, peers the youths’ sports participation. The results of structural equations model analysis indicated that the variable family most effect on specifying the development of the youths’ sports activities. The conclusion could be put this way: the development of youths’ sports activity is not made via a certain channel rather different factors are involved.