Comparison of wheelchair athletes and nonathletes on selected mood states.
The Profile of Mood States was administered to two groups of male university students in wheelchairs. Both the 26 wheelchair athletes and the 28 wheelchair nonathletes exhibited the iceberg profile associated with positive mental health. Multivariate analysis indicated that wheelchair athletes had a significantly lower score on Depression than the wheelchair nonathletes but all scores were in the normal range.
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Texas Woman's University, Department of Kinesiology, Denton 76201.
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Sherrill
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001490:Basketball; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010556:Personality Tests; D014910:Wheelchairs