Hossein Abdolmaleki - Department of Sport Management, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
Ali Nourizadeh - Department of Sport Management, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Hamed Karimi - Department of Sport Management, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Samad Goodarzi - PhD Student, Department of Sport Management, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran

Background: Sport is as social and cultural phenomenon that gathers individuals in a social network that has complex social relationships and interactions prompted the emergence force behaviors, attitudes, values and representations have been there for centuries. This multidimensional phenomenon, as it has in the context of human life and influence today can to be recognized penetrate due to their attitude and exercise, mindset,lifestyle and overall identity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationshipbetween participation in sports and the identity of Tehran University students. Materials and Methods: This research is Descriptive and correlation study and was conducted using a questionnaire that confirmed its validity in terms of sportsmanagement professors as well as its reliability was estimated by Cronbach's alpha of 0.82. The population of study was all the students of Tehran University (about 32 thousand) and on the basis of Morgan 384 students randomly were selected throughstratified sampling. For data analysis, in level of inferential statistics were used Shapiro-Wilk test (to determine the normality of the data) and Regression analysis. Results and Discussions: The present study results indicate that, participate in sporting activities has significant relationship between identity of students that, thisrelation is direct and positive. There is significant correlation between collective and national identity of student who participate in sports. Conclusion: According to the research results, it is suggested that universities adopt measures to students have more presence in sports.

Participating, sport exercise, identity, student, physical education