Comparison of sport achievement orientation of male wheelchair basketball athletes with congenital and acquired disabilities.
The study was designed to examine the sport achievement orientations of male wheelchair basketball athletes who differed by onset of experienced disability (congenital and acquired). The full Sport Orientation Questionnaire was administered to 166 U.S. national athletes. Athletes with congenital disabilities had higher mean scores than their peers with acquired disabilities on the three subscales of the full form and on the extraction items as a short form (Competitiveness, Win Orientation, and Goal Orientation). Multivariate analysis of variance yielded no significant differences between groups. Significant differences on Competitiveness and Goal Orientation, with a higher mean were found for the group with congenital disabilities than for the group with acquired disabilities. The results are discussed in relation to the literature, nature of wheelchair basketball, and application of the test to such athletes.
Skordilis
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Laboratory of Adapted Physical Activity/Development and Physical Disabilities, University of Athens, Greece. eskordilis@yahoo.com
Skafida
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Chrysagis
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Nikitaras
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D000124:Achievement; D001490:Basketball; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013177:Sports; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014910:Wheelchairs