The effect of regular involvement in electronic sports on interpersonal relationships, family orientation, willingness to exercise and participation in physical activities

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Fatemah Nazari 1
Gholam Reza Shabani Bahar 2
Adel Afkar 3
majid soleymani 4
1 PhD Student in Sports Management, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran
2 Professor, Faculty of physical education and sport sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
3 . Department of Physical Education, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer,Iran
4 Associate Professor Department of Physical Education, Malayer Branch, Islamic Azad University, Malayer, Iran
10.22034/ntsmj.2025.2053640.1180
Abstract
Introduction: One of the most important entertainments that has emerged in the world in recent years and has had major economic, social, and cultural impacts is video games: The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of regular involvement in electronic sports on interpersonal relationships, family orientation, desire to exercise and participation in physical activities.

Methods: The statistical population of this research was made up of electronic sports players over 15 years of age who regularly and constantly use different virtual platforms to play electronic sports. 384 people, using the multi-stage cluster sampling method, scales of regular involvement in electronic sports Naji et al. (2019), interpersonal relations Manjemizadeh (2012), family orientation Steidl and Contreras (2003), inclination to sports Naji et al. (2019) and participation in physical activities were completed by Scanlan et al. (1993). The content validity of the measurement tool was evaluated using the opinions of sports management experts (9 people), the overall reliability of the measurement tool was evaluated using Cronbach's alpha (α=0.92) and the construct validity was evaluated and confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. In order to analyze the data, SPSS and PLS software were used.

Results: The research findings showed. Regular involvement in electronic sports has a positive and significant effect on interpersonal relationships, family orientation, willingness to exercise and participation in physical activities similar to electronic sports. Also, interpersonal relationships, family orientation and desire to exercise had a positive and significant effect on participation in physical activities similar to electronic sports. The proposed research model also had a good fit (GOF=0.611) in the target society.

Conclusion: The present model can be used as a benchmark for sports managers and families to better influence the participation in physical activities of adolescents and young people.
Keywords
Electronic sports word '
Physical activity wor '
Video games '
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