Investigating Ways to Facilitate People's Social Participation in Group and Sports Activities

Informal partnerships with a long history and despite the changes that have takenplace over the last hundred years are still evident in Iranian society and havealways been superior to formal and institutionalized partnerships in this landthroughout history. The aim of this study is to investigate ways to facilitate people'ssocial participation in group and sports activities. The research method is surveyand the statistical population of high school students in Gilangharb. The findingsshow that the level of student participation in group and social activities is moderateand the power structure in the family (counseling) and encouragement have beenhigh, i.e. the family structure is more consultative among the statistical community.Encouragement also leads to greater group and social participation, and theirsocial satisfaction and trust and social cohesion are moderate, leading to less groupand social participation.