Abstract

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the vision of sustainable development has not only focused on the ecological or economic dimensions but also social issues have opened a new window for us to achieve sustainable development. Social sustainability as an essential component of sustainable development has received special attention from politicians and planners. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to construct and validate a questionnaire on sustainable social development. For this purpose, 150 physical education teachers were selected by purposive sampling and completed a researcher-made questionnaire on sustainable social development. It is worth mentioning that this research is descriptive and is a correlational study. The face and content validity of the research instrument was confirmed by a group of experts and its constructive validity was confirmed by factor analysis based on structural equation modeling. It is noteworthy that the results of confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha coefficients supported the eight-factor structure of the 28-item questionnaire and confirmed its validity and reliability. The results of this research can help teachers to focus and pay more attention to which part and aspect of their lives for the sustainable development of students.