Investigating the Effect of Coaches Communication Skills on Socialization and Satisfaction of Students Participating in Football Leisure Classes

Authors : Amir Zibaei, Amin Azimkhani, Amir Esmaily

Pages : 248-258

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Publication Date : 2024-09-30

Article Type : Research

Abstract :The purpose of this study was investigate the effect of coaches’ communication skills on socialization and satisfaction of students participating in football leisure classes. The research method was descriptive-correlational based on structural equation modelling. The Social Skills Questionnaire (Inderbitzen & Garbin, 1992), Communication Skill Questionnaire (Burton, 1990) and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Riemer & Chelladurai, 1998) were used to gathering data. The participants included all the students in the secondary school and football schools of district 7th of Mashhad (N=300). Sampling was done randomly based on 5 to 10 times the number of research items (n=159). Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 22 and LISREL 8.80. Findings showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between communication skills of coaches with the social skills of students (p<0.05), and the components of communication skills have the ability to predict 31% of changes of social skills. Also, there was a positive and significant correlation between communication skills of coaches and student\'s satisfaction (p<0.05), and the components of communication skills were able to predict 27% of changes of satisfaction. Finally, the structural equation model showed a good correlation between communication skills of coaches, socialization skills and satisfaction of students participating in football leisure classes.
Keywords : Communication skills, Socialization, Satisfaction, Sports leisure time.