Abstract
Purpose: Cognitive flexibility has been considered by researchers in recent decades. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to design a cognitive flexibility model through sports participation.
Methods: This study was conducted by qualitative method through semi-structured interviews with 14 people including professors and experts in the field of research who were selected by purposeful sampling method. The method of data collection was previous research articles and semi-structured interviews. To examine the face and content validity, the findings were presented to the participants and their theory and theories were reviewed and disseminated. The method used to assess reliability was the in-subject agreement method. The mean of the intra-subject agreement was reported to be 0.86.
Results: According to the findings, causal factors in this study include personality and physical factors, barriers including acquired and non-acquired; contextual factors including educational, cultural, and social contexts; strategies including management and training and adaptation.
Conclusions: Therefore, it is suggested that management policies to promote cognitive flexibility through sport participation be identified and implemented in light of identified factors.
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