title: Comparison of sport achievement orientation between wheelchair and able-bodied basketball athletes.
abstract: Differences in sport achievement orientations between 31 recreational wheelchair and 76 able-bodied basketball athletes were tested. Athletes from the New England region completed the three subscales of the Sport Orientation Questionnaire (competitiveness, win orientation, and goal orientation). Wheelchair athletes responded higher on the Competitiveness and Goal Orientation subscales. In discriminative function analysis competitiveness scores were the only significant discriminator between the two groups.
authors.affiliation: University of Athens, Greece. delos@oneway.gr
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Skordilis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koutsouki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asonitou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001484:Baseball; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014910:Wheelchairs