The Nexus Between Sports Participation Sustainable Peace: Mediating Role Of Religious Orientation

Abstract

This study examined linkages between sports participation, religious orientation and sustainable peace among students in higher education institutions in Southern Region of KP, Pakistan. In this linking, recognizing potential of sports as a catalyst for positive social change and peacebuilding, this study delves into how the religious orientation may influence the relationship among sports participation and sustainable peace. The research methodology involves the quantitative survey administered to a representative sample of students from various HEIs in region. The statistical analyses, including association and mediation, are employed to examine the relationships among these variables. The study aimed to examine hypothesized relationships [1]amid the research leading variables like independent, mediator and dependent variables to examine desired relationship and extract the desired information to reach the conclusion, make recommendations and contribute the existing literature. The results provide innovative information about novel topic which are expected to contribute the knowledge from different leading parameters in order to produce new knowledge in existing literature that may help the readers in understanding the research issues from different dimensions.