Examination of the Relationship Between Disabled Athletes with the Motivation for Sports Participation and the Athletic Coping Skills

Authors : Bilal Karakoç

Pages : 312-324

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Publication Date : 2023-10-26

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This research aims to evaluate the motivation of athletes with physical disabilities to participate in sports and their skills to cope with sports problems according to some variables and to investigate the relationship between them. The study group of the research consists of 79 wheelchair basketball players. Within the scope of the study, \"Personal Information Form,\" \"Athletic Coping Skills Inventory-28 (ACSI-28),\" and \"Motivation Scale For Sports Participation of People With Disabilities (MSSPPD)\" were developed by the researchers to collect the demographic information of the participants, were applied. Statistical analysis, descriptive statistics, means, standard deviation, T-Test, ANOVA, and Pearson Correlation test techniques were used in the study. According to the findings, it was seen that there was a positive and low-level significant relationship between the scale of athletic coping skills and the intrinsic motivation sub-dimension of the motivation scale for sports participation of people with disabilities. In addition, while there was no significant difference in both scales according to age and sports age, a significant difference was observed on behalf of national athletes in the sub-dimension of intrinsic motivation according to nationality status. As a result, as the athletes\' intrinsic motivation increases, their ability to develop athletic coping skills also increases. In this respect, it is possible to increase the internal motivation of disabled athletes by increasing the number of environments that will increase their efforts and interests. Therefore, it can be said that thanks to the increased intrinsic motivation of wheelchair basketball players, they will increase their probability of coping with all kinds of difficulties they encounter.
Keywords : Motivation, Stress, Physical Disability, Basketball