Abed Mahmoudian; Soheila Moradi; Arash Zarei; Ali Nazarian
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Objective: The present study aimed to analyze AI literacy in sports coaches with a case study of coaches in Kurdistan province.Methodology: The research method was quantitative and based on structural equation modeling. A total of 208 sports coaches were selected as a statistical sample based on random ...
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Objective: The present study aimed to analyze AI literacy in sports coaches with a case study of coaches in Kurdistan province.Methodology: The research method was quantitative and based on structural equation modeling. A total of 208 sports coaches were selected as a statistical sample based on random and convenience sampling. The measurement tools included the perceived knowledge questionnaires from Chen et al. (2020), the application from Wang and Zhang (2020), and the ethics and evaluation from Bai and Cheng (2015). Their face and content validity were confirmed by expert opinions, the confirmatory factor analysis test was used for construct validity, and the Cronbach's alpha and composite reliability tests were used for reliability.Findings: The findings indicate that the use of artificial intelligence has a positive and significant effect on perceived knowledge of artificial intelligence with a coefficient of 0.84, on the evaluation of the use of artificial intelligence with a coefficient of 0.15, and on the ethics of artificial intelligence with a coefficient of 0.78. Also, perceived knowledge of artificial intelligence and ethics of artificial intelligence have a positive and significant effect on the evaluation of the use of artificial intelligence with coefficients of 0.14 and 0.62, respectively. Conclusion: The findings of this study extend existing frameworks in the field of AI literacy to the field of sports coaching. Sports organizations, including federations and sports boards, should facilitate the increase of coaches' literacy and competencies in the field of AI by holding courses, workshops, lectures, etc.
Nazanin Rasekh; Saeed Jafari; Salah Dastoom; Abed Mahmoudian; Nahid Karimi
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Objective: Athelte abuse is an under-researched topic and a major and growing concern worldwide, because this phenomenon has increased terribly in the last two decades in all sports and at all sports levels. In this regard, the aim of the current research work was to identify and explain the dimensions ...
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Objective: Athelte abuse is an under-researched topic and a major and growing concern worldwide, because this phenomenon has increased terribly in the last two decades in all sports and at all sports levels. In this regard, the aim of the current research work was to identify and explain the dimensions of abuse in sports (a study of Iran's national athletes).
Methodology: The current research method is qualitative and in the form of thematic analysis, and the statistical population includes experts in the field of national athletes. The sampling method was purposeful and a semi-structured interview was conducted with 18 participants until theoretical saturation. Coding technique was used to analyze the data.
Findings: The findings of the research work indicate that the conceptual framework of abuse of athletes includes five main themes of types of abuse, causes and triggers of abuse, individual roles of abuse, platforms of abuse and consequences of abuse of athletes, which have 16 sub-themes and they include 131 concepts.
Conclusion: The results of this research work have provided important applications in both theoretical and practical parts. On the one hand, it is the first study conducted in the field of abuse of athletes and it has solved a part of the huge gap in this field in domestic research, and on the other hand, it is a coherent view about the concept of abuse, roles, people, factors, conditions, has presented the bases and consequences of the abuse of national athletes and has brought a wide range of necessary measures to reduce, control and manage the factors of this phenomenon.
