abstract: Participation in competitive sports by athletes who are physically disabled has increased dramatically in recent decades. Given this growth in participation, sports for disabled athletes represents a worthy area of exploration. The purpose of this research is to further understand what motivates people and athletes with physical impairments to partake in adaptive recreation and sport. This study will explore motivations for participation in adaptive sport within theoretical lenses of Achievement Goal Theory (AGT), Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and the Five-Factor Model by Omar-Fauzee and colleagues (2010). In addition, this study examined the relationship between motives with sense of community and life satisfaction. Seventy-one participants completed the online survey regarding the questions of interest. In order to determine if different motivations or achievement goals predicted sense of community, life satisfaction and psychological well-being, five regression models were tested. Descriptive statistics were utilized to assess the strongest motivators. Within the five-factor model, interest represented the strongest motivator followed by competency. Within the SDT framework, relatedness emerged as the strongest motivation factor. When AGT was tested, individuals with disabilities were found to be more task-oriented then ego-oriented. This indicates that people that participate in adaptive athletics value social connections, sense of freedom and developing their knowledge for sport-specific activity. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Community Resources and Development 2019

Neįgaliųjų sportas – sportinė veikla apimanti daugybę metodų ir taisyklių skirtingų negalių sportininkams (Shule, Jochheim, 1996, citat iš Skučas 2003) Neįgaliųjų sporto plėtros procesas reikalauja daug pastangų bei laiko. Lietuvoje nėra pakankamai išvystyta neįgaliųjų sporto infrastruktūra, trūksta klubų, kvalifikuoto personalo bei svarbiausio dalyko – finansavimo. Tyrimas parodė, kad Lietuvos neįgaliųjų sporto padėtis yra bloga, palyginus su Europos šalimis, nors kasmet daugėja dalyvių, klubų skaičius. Visos neįgaliųjų sporto valdymo ir organizavimo funkcijos perkeliamos neįgaliųjų sporto nevyriausybinėms organizacijoms bei savivaldos institucijoms, nenustatant niekieno atsakomybės. Taip pat matome, kad Lietuvoje kap ir daugumoje Europos šalių trūksta neįgaliesiems pritaikytos infrastruktūros bei profesionalių trenerių. Taip yra dėl to, kad trūksta finansavimo ir tinkamos vyriausybinės politikos. / -.

Thesis (M Sport Sc (Sport Science))--Stellenbosch University, 2008. / Intellectually impaired (II) athletes are not allowed to participate at the Paralympic Games because there is no accepted classification system for these athletes. The rationale for this study was to see if there are any physical differences existing in the sprint performance of II and non-II athletes and to see if there is a way to incorporate these differences into a new (accepted) classification system. The objective of this study was to identify any physical sources for the differences between II and non-II, with regard to the acceleration phase, the first 30m of the 60m sprint race, which could then be used in conjunction with other tests in the classification of II athletes. This new classification system might then allow II athletes to participate in the Paralympic Games again. 32 II athletes (22 male and 10 females) and 14 non-II athletes (10 males and 4 females) were used in this study. The sprint performance was analysed and compared of each athlete using the DartFish ProSuite software programme. The data collected from these analysis was then compared using the unpaired t-test, looking for any significant differences between the groups (p<0.05). From this analysis, it was concluded that stride length was the reason for the poorer performance of the II group when compared to the non-II group. Further research is required before definite conclusions can be made on the possible reasons for this difference.

Darbo tikslas - išanalizuoti neįgaliųjų sporto būklę Lietuvoje ir tendencijas pasaulyje bei sukurti neįgaliųjų sporto plėtros modelį, kuris sudarytų sąlygas vystytis neįgaliųjų sportui Lietuvoje. Neįgaliųjų sportas yra žaidžiamas asmenų su negalia, įskaitant fizinę ir protinę negalią. Neįgaliųjų sporto plėtojimo procesas yra ilgas procesas, reikalaujantis daug pastangų. Mūsų šalyje trūksta sporto klubų, kurie būtų pritaikyti neįgaliems asmenims, taip pat kvalifikuotų trenerių, bet ir finansavimas nėra pakankamas. / Aim of the study - to analyze the situation of disabled sport and tendencies in Lithuania and in the world and to create a model of disabled sport development, which could help to develop disabled sport in Lithuania. Disabled sport is playing by people with disability, including a physical and a mental disability. The process of disabled sport development is a long-lasting process, which request a lot of efforts. In our country there is a lack of athletic clubs, which could be tailored to disabled people. We haven't enough qualified coaches and the sponsorship isn't sufficient.

Orientador: Gustavo Luis Gutierrez / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação Fisica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T03:47:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marques_RenatoFranciscoRodrigues_D.pdf: 2101555 bytes, checksum: c7cc63506bee5c90178361db2cf8823d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: O presente trabalho teve por objetivo geral investigar e delimitar, com base em análise sociológica proposta na obra de Pierre Bourdieu, questões ligadas às formas de interação social presentes no sub-campo do esporte paraolímpico brasileiro. Os objetivos específicos apontam para três esferas presentes neste espaço: processos de formação, recrutamento e atuação de classificadores paraolímpicos, responsáveis pela alocação dos atletas em classes de disputa; a ocorrência do profissionalismo de atletas e formas de distribuição de recompensas financeiras e simbólicas; a presença e formas de atuação de pessoas com deficiência na gerência e administração de entidades organizativas do esporte paraolímpico brasileiro (federações, associações, comitês, entre outros). A metodologia de pesquisa deu-se com base em três momentos. O primeiro em análise de referencial teórico da obra de Pierre Bourdieu, ligado à sociologia do esporte, e posterior conformação e descrição de elementos constituintes do subcampo do esporte paraolímpico. O segundo em coleta de dados através de entrevistas pessoais e semi-estruturadas, com sujeitos atuantes em funções técnicas e/ou administrativas específicas do Comitê Paraolímpico Brasileiro (CPB), ligados, cada um deles, a uma das esferas de análise, na busca de informações ainda não documentadas a respeito destas vertentes. A terceira, na discussão dos dados com base na identificação e conformação do sub-campo em análise, associando as informações obtidas às categorias sugeridas por Bourdieu para a interpretação de interações entre sujeitos num determinado espaço social. A análise de dados foi baseada na divisão das informações coletadas em três grupos, ligados às esferas já descritas. Tem-se como resultado ligado à esfera de classificação: Tendência de profissionalização e busca por protocolos científicos mais abrangentes; Busca por melhor formação e especialização do classificador, a partir de democratização relativa do conhecimento específico; É um espaço de disputas, tanto pelo acesso ao conhecimento específico, quanto à legitimidade de classificação. Quanto à profissionalização: Financiamento principal de órgãos públicos; Relacionamento de aproximação com a mídia; Grande profissionalização de atletas, mas pequena de técnicos, classificadores e administradores; Quanto maior o capital simbólico (mérito esportivo), maior o capital econômico acumulado - modalidades individuais; Busca por reconhecimento do esporte paraolímpico como produto. E quanto à administração: Disputa política entre duas classes; Uso do esporte como forma de posicionamento político-social de pessoas com deficiência; Questão do capital cultural institucionalizado é um problema. Como resultado geral, tem-se que o esporte paraolímpico brasileiro é um espaço de disputas pelo controle das práticas esportivas, políticas e comerciais, próprias do esporte contemporâneo do século XXI. Mas que ainda está em processo de conformação e afirmação de posição na sociedade. E que depende tanto de ações internas, quanto externas a seus limites sociais, visto sua autonomia relativa frente à sociedade esportiva e brasileira em geral, e suas conformações e características sociais / Abstract: The present study aimed at investigating and defining the basis of sociological analysis proposed in the work of Pierre Bourdieu, issues related to forms of social interaction present in the sub-field of the Brazilian Paralympic sport. The specific objectives point to three spheres in this space: the process of training, recruitment and performance of classifiers paralympic athletes responsible for the allocation of classes in dispute, the occurrence of professional athletes and ways of distributing financial and symbolic rewards, and the presence and ways of working people with disabilities in management and administration of organizational entities of the Brazilian Paralympic sport (federations, associations, committees, among others). The research methodology was given based on three different occasions. The first analysis on the theoretical work of Pierre Bourdieu on the sociology of sport, and conformation and subsequent description of the elements of the sub-field of Paralympic sport. The second in data collection through personal interviews and semi-structured interviews with individuals working in technical functions and / or specific administrative Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPC), linked each to one of the areas of analysis, seeking not yet documented information about these aspects. The third, in the discussion of the data based on identification and conformation of the sub-field analysis, gathering the information obtained to the categories suggested by Bourdieu for the interpretation of interactions among individuals in a particular social space. Data analysis was based on the division of information collected in three groups linked to the spheres described above. Were highlighted data that point to the conformation of the objectified social space, based on information aggregated, denied or reinforced components previously presented in theoretical analysis of the Brazilian Paralympic sport. Thus contributing to the definition and understanding of the forms of social action of agents in this space. It has been as a result, the Brazilian Paralympic sport is an area of disputes over control of sports, political and business typical of the contemporary sports of the XXI century. But that is still in the process of conformation and position statement on society. And that depends, as already explained by the theory of Pierre Bourdieu's Fields, both from internal actions, and external to their social boundaries, since their relative autonomy against the Brazilian society and sports in general and their conformations and social characteristics / Doutorado / Atividade Fisica, Adaptação e Saude / Doutor em Educação Física