Studying the effective sociological factors of female spectators in football matches of the Premier League of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD student in Sports Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Unit, Tehran, Iran.

2 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Unit, Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Research Sciences Unit, Tehran, Iran.

10.22034/scs.2024.436303.1538

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The aim of the present study is "to study the sociological factors affecting the hooliganistic behavior of female spectators in Iran's premier football league". In the current research, hooliganism has been explained and investigated from a sociological perspective. The method of this research is a survey and the data collection tool is a researcher-made questionnaire.The statistical population of this research consists of female spectators present in football sports stadiums during the Premier League matches, of which 203 people were selected as the sample size through full sampling. The findings showed that there was a difference between emotional discharge (0.240), feeling of failure (0.432), feeling of youth and identity (0.273), sense of social belonging (-0.733), relative deprivation (0.303), social isolation. (0.332), media consumption (0.276), social responsibility (0.332), socio-economic base (-0.223) and hooliganism have a significant relationshipThe results of the research showed that the social and psychological preconditions that affect people's social activity and behavior are affected by social environments, including social institutions and structures, beliefs and cultural values in which people live.

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