نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
in sports talent development. The resulting data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to assess convergent and discriminant validity as well as construct reliability. The results revealed that social justice exhibited the highest correlation with Given the critical importance of identifying and nurturing athletic talent as a strategic imperative for sustainable sports development at the national level, the present study was conducted with the aim of designing a localized model for sports talent identification with a particular emphasis on economic components. This research adopts a developmental approach and is methodologically grounded in a mixed-methods design (qualitative–quantitative), which allows for a comprehensive exploration by combining the depth of qualitative inquiry with the precision of quantitative validation. In the qualitative phase, thematic analysis was employed alongside semi-structured interviews with 15 distinguished experts, including senior officials from selected sports federations, university professors, and professional sports planners. Thematic coding led to the extraction of a conceptual model comprising five principal dimensions: sports development strategies, sports infrastructure, organizational factors, environmental conditions, and personality traits—encompassing a total of 25 underlying components. In the quantitative phase, the components derived from the qualitative findings were operationalized into a structured questionnaire based on a five-point Likert scale and distributed among 120 professionals and specialists development strategies; governmental support correlated strongly with infrastructure; personalized training programs aligned with organizational factors; intrinsic psychological traits related closely to individual characteristics; and legal-regulatory frameworks demonstrated the highest association with environmental factors. Finally, the application of the Fuzzy DEMATEL technique identified economic components as the most influential and interdependent elements across the model. Accordingly, the advancement of a comprehensive sports talent identification system necessitates a multidimensional and integrated policy framework centered on economic policymaking, spatial equity, and structural coherence.
Keywords:Sports Talent Identification, Economic Factors, Thematic Analysis.
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