Developing a Model for the Role of Exercise in Leisure Time to Reduce Social Harms, Grounded Theory

Developing a model for the role of exercise in leisure time to reduce social harmful issues. This research was carried out using semi-structured interviews using the qualitative method (Grounded Theory approach). The sample consisted of 13 sports management lecturers (5 students), sociology lecturers (4 persons), police commanders (2 persons), and offenders (2 persons) who were selected using purposeful sampling. The data collection method was a study of previous research and interviews. To examine the face and content validity, the research findings were presented to the participants, and the study's text was studied, and their point of view was applied. The method used to examine reliability was an intra-subject agreement method. The average agreement within the subject was 0.79. Based on the findings, the causative conditions include the status of culture and social acceptance; ground conditions including socio-cultural, software,hardware; intervening conditions including architectural sites, environmental factors, demographic features; strategies including infrastructure and incentives the internal and implications included economic, behavioral, and cultural-social categories. Therefore, it is suggested to pay attention to identified indicators to reduce social harm through leisure-time exercise.