New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences Volume 4, Issue 3 (2017) 55-61 ISSN 2421-8030 www.prosoc.eu Selected papers of 7th World Conference on Learning, Teaching and Educational Leadership, (WCLTA 2016) 27-29 October 2016, Danubius Hotel Flamenco Convention Center, Budapest, Hungary Study of self-identity and social identity differences of national athletes in team and individual athletic fields Bahram Salehnia a *, Faculty of Education, Islamic Azad University, 411, Tebriz, Iran. Suggested Citation: Salehnia, B. (2017). Study of self-identity and social identity differences of national athletes in team and individual athletic fields. New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences. [Online]. 4(3), pp 55-61. Available from: www.prosoc.eu Selection and peer review under responsibility of Pƌof. Dƌ. Jesús GaƌĐia Laborda, University of Alcala, Spain © 2017 SciencePark Research, Organization & Counseling. All rights reserved. Abstract The goal of this research is studying the effect of sport fields on self-identity and social identity. Statistical samples of this research are accessible samples including 44 national athletes in volleyball (30 persons) and weightlifting (14 persons). Brewer Athletic Identity (1993) questionnaire, was used to gather data. Average and standard deviation in descriptive statistics section, and K-S Test, independent t, and Mann-Whitney Test in inferential statistics section were used to determine normality of data and significance of data in level p<0.05.The results of this research showed that sport field affects self-identity and social identity. Self-identity and social identity are significant in weightlifting and volleyball fields and sport type affects self-identity and social identity. Also, it was found that individual and team sports significantly affect self- identity and social identity on level p<0.005. Keywords: Self-identity, social identity, team sports, individual sports. * ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE: Bahram Salehnia, Faculty of Education, Islamic Azad University, 411, Tebriz, Iran. E-mail address: mehranmizany@ut.ac.ir / Tel.: +98 914 406 8916