The Dimension of Motivation in Practicing Sports in Adults with Locomotor Disability

For the current research, the focus is on adults with locomotor disabilities, adults that practice a certain sporting activity, having as objective undergoing a sociological research regarding the role of motivation in the sporting activity and the reasons for which adults with disabilities practice...

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Published in:Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series IX, Sciences of Human Kinetics Sciences of Human Kinetics, 2021, Vol.14(63) (2), p.159-168
Main Author: MÎNDRESCU, V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Athletes with disabilities
Disability
Motivation
Motor ability
Physiology
Psychology
Psychomotor performance
Sports
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Summary:For the current research, the focus is on adults with locomotor disabilities, adults that practice a certain sporting activity, having as objective undergoing a sociological research regarding the role of motivation in the sporting activity and the reasons for which adults with disabilities practice a sport in the first place. The research has been done on a number of 30 people with diverse disabilities and as a research method one has used a questionnaire that identifies the role of motivation in practicing a certain sport in adults with locomotor disability and a scale of motivation in sport. Adults with locomotor disabilities who practice a certain sport are intrinsically motivated in the sporting activity.
ISSN:2344-2026
2344-2026
DOI:10.31926/but.shk.2021.14.63.2.19