Role of Modern Olympic Sports Approaches in the Development of International Peace and Friendship

Today, sport is of wide range. Sport is a symbol of peace and coexistence, tolerance and mutual acceptance, the basis and organizer of ethnic relations around the world, under the umbrella of peace and security. The study is a sociological analysis of new approaches to Olympic sports in the development of international peace and friendship. The method of the study within quantitative and qualitative formats and in terms of applied purpose and data collection, was descriptive. By reviewing the literature related to this field and conducting qualitative interviews (content analysis) with 12 experts in the field of Olympics, the elements and items of the development of international peace and friendship in Olympic sports were identified. The statistical population included 37 senior sports directors of the Olympic field, and the statistical sample of the interviewees ranged from snowball technique to theoretical saturation. After coding and analyzing the interviews, a questionnaire was then developed. In the quantitative part, descriptive statistics, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and t-test were used to analyze the data to determine the appropriateness of the model. The SPSS-22 and LISREL were the softwares used in the study. In exploratory factor analysis, the analysis of 41 items of the initial questionnaire used the method of analysis of the main elements with vertical rotation and Varimax technique and the value of the reliability index based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient was equal to 0/799. Also, four components were identified as key factors in the new Olympic approach to peace and friendship, with a total impact of 56/823%.