Jalil Pourzarnegar - PhD student in Sports Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the motivational factors of community members participation in sports activities. Methods: This research is descriptive-analytical and conducted in the field. The statistical population of the study is all members of society, both men and women. The data measurement tool is a demographic questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire to motivate participation in sports. Then, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics and Friedman test were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that the priorities of motivational factors of community members to participate in sports activities are ranking, physical health motivation, mental health motivation, social interaction motivation and competition motivation, respectively. Conclusion: Our new findings are theoretically and practically important. It is necessary for the country's sports officials to pay more attention to the motivational factors of physical health, mental health, social interaction and competition of community members to participate in sports activities.

evaluating; motivational factors; participation; community members; sports activities.