The effect of sports participation on the intensity of psychosocial problems of males with quadriplegia in Poland

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Der Einfluss von Sportaktivität auf die Stärke von psychosozialen Problemen bei polnischen Männern mit Tetraplegie
Autor:Morgulec-Adamowicz, Natalia; Kosmol, Andrzej; Ostrębski, Wojciech
Erschienen in:International journal of sport psychology
Veröffentlicht:42 (2011), 3, S. 307-320, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0047-0767, 1147-0767
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201212008196
Quelle:BISp

Abstract

The main purposes of the study were to evaluate the influence of sport participation on the intensity of psychosocial problems in males with quadriplegia, and to determine the range of psychosocial problems encountered by physically active and sedentary individuals with quadriplegia, respectively. The Witkowski Psychosocial Problems Spinal Cord Injury Scale (PP-SCI) was used to assess the intensity of psychosocial problems among 35 physically active and 36 sedentary individuals with quadriplegia. The t-test analysis showed significantly higher values of mean global score (t = -4.13, p = .000) for the sedentary than for the physically active group. In addition, significantly higher scores were found in relation to four spheres of personality (t = -3.69, p = .000), family (t = -3.94, p = .000), social contacts (t = -3.75, p = .000) and occupational (t = -3.67, p = .000). This suggests that individuals with quadriplegia who are regularly involved in sport, are likely to experience less psychosocial problems than sedentary males with quadriplegia. Verf.-Referat