Physical Activity and Self-Perceptions among Hong Kong Chinese with an Acquired Physical Disability

Sit, Cindy H.P.; Lau, Caren H.L.; Vertinsky, Patricia

doi:10.1123/apaq.26.4.321

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“…In accordance with previous research, the children, their parents and the health professionals also mentioned social contacts and support from family as environmental facilitators [9,12,14,26,27]. These facilitators were also mentioned by all of the children, regardless of the severity of their disabilities.…”

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Barriers and facilitators of sports in children with physical disabilities: a mixed-method study

Jaarsma

Dijkstra²,

Blécourt

et al. 2014

Disability and Rehabilitation

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Sports participation of children with physical disabilities is a complex phenomenon because children, their parents and professionals reported different barriers. Sports participation is more physically challenging for children with severe physical disabilities, as their daily activities already require much energy. However, the psychosocial benefits of sports are applicable to all children with physical disabilities. IMPLICATION FOR REHABILITATION: Perceived barriers seemed to differ for children, parents and health professionals, suggesting that sports participation is a complex phenomenon. Sports might be more physically challenging for children with severe physical disabilities, as their daily activities already take much energy. The psychosocial benefits of sports should be emphasized by rehabilitation professionals when advising children with physical disabilities about sports.

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Section: Environmental Factorssupporting

confidence: 84%

Barriers and facilitators of sports in children with physical disabilities: a mixed-method study

Jaarsma

Dijkstra²,

Blécourt

et al. 2014

Disability and Rehabilitation

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“…Kong Chinese with an acquired physical disability by Sit, Lau, and Vertinsky (2009) asked a sample of 66 Hong Kong Chinese adults to complete a battery of questionnaires about physical activity and self-perceptions. 6.…”

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The impact of competition in physical activity and sport on the self-perception of individuals with physical disabilities

Cocquyt¹,

Sigmund²

2011

Acta Gymnica

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BACKGROUND: Physical activity has traditionally been treated as one of many strategies to improve an individual's quality of life. Until fairly recently, this presumption has been accepted as truth and little research has been done on proving or disproving the claim. Now, there has been a larger focus on it and numerous studies have analyzed the contribution physical activity has on the individual's quality of life in all areas. OBJECTIVE: This study analyzes the current literature in the area of physical activity and sport as related to selfperception and the overall quality of life in individuals with physical disabilities. METHODS: Using the websites of the following literature databases: Pubmed, Sport Discus, Medline, APAQ archives, and European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity archives, articles from 1990-2009 were selected based on their focus on analyzing the relationship of self-perception and quality of life to physical activity and sport for individuals with physical disabilities. Using these mentioned search programs, 274 articles were found using the keywords for this article. Of these, 40 articles were chosen for being applicable to the topic and target population. Nine of these articles were then used in the direct results as others were used for anecdotal or background information, due to their lack of consistent terminology. Without consistent terminology it was not possible to use these anecdotal articles to make proper comparisons of results. These trends, from the remaining nine articles were then compared to studies with able-bodied populations. RESULTS: The authors found that, overall, there is a signifi cant positive relationship between physical activity and sport programs on the one hand, and increased self-perception among individuals with physical disabilities on the other. This increase can be seen in the process of the comparison of the individual constructs of self-perception as well as of the diff erences in self-perception as a whole. Quality of life was also seen, in some studies, to be an additional reference for comparison. The inclusion of competition had no signifi cant eff ect on these relationships of selfperception. However, individuals competing at an elite or world class level showed signifi cantly higher self-perception than all other groups. When able-bodied studies were compared, similar trends were found in both overall diff erence in self-perception and diff erences seen between competition levels. CONCLUSIONS: Findings show that competition should be included in physical activity and sport programs, for individuals with physical disabilities, only if it results in an increase in positive experiences for the participants. Participation in physical activity and sport programs contribute to an improvement in the quality of life of individuals with physical disabilities.

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“…Nesta linha, a literatura tem explorado a associação entre deficiência física e sofrimento. Diversos trabalhos (Taleporos & McCabe, 2002;Tam, Chan, Lam, & Lam, 2003;Shields, Murdoch, Loy, Dodd & Taylor, 2006;Sit, Lau & Vertinsky, 2009;Gascón, Santos, Capitão, Fantine-Nogueira & Oliveira, 2013;Suc, Lesnik & Erpic, 2015) apontam para uma maior incidência de sentimentos de inadequação, inferioridade e baixa autoestima em pessoas com deficiência física. A principal causa associada é a discriminação social, uma vez que a aparência alterada da deficiência é incompatível com os padrões esperados.…”

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Entre ter uma deficiência e ser deficiente: um estudo sobre as identificações

Silva

Herzberg

2019

Estilos Clín. (Online)

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Diversos trabalhos consideram que pessoas com deficiência física possuem sentimentos de inadequação, inferioridade e baixa autoestima. Parte-se da narrativa de Sunaura Taylor para localizar a questão no paradigma ver/ser visto para problematizar o tema. Assim, tem-se por objetivo discutir os efeitos imaginários da identificação nestes casos. De Freud à Lacan o conceito de narcisismo remete à formação do eu, bem como os processos de identificação a imagens e palavras advindas do Outro. Das imagens e sentidos atribuídos à deficiência pelo social encontram-se descritos na literatura as concepções de estranho e incapaz, da deficiência como doença ou castigo e referências a seres fantástico. Deste modo, foi proposto que pessoas com deficiência possam assumir o lugar de “deficiente” e seus respectivos sentidos por meio da identificação. Concluiu-se que os sentimentos de inadequação perpassam a dimensão imaginária de se ver sendo visto como “deficiente”. Dada esta função de representação para o Outro e unificação do eu, tratam-se de momentos em que se deixa de ter uma deficiência para sê-la, enquanto uma forma que lhe dá sentido e o organiza, ainda que possa trazer sofrimento.

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Physical Activity and Self-Perceptions among Hong Kong Chinese with an Acquired Physical Disability

Cited by 7 publications

References 39 publications

Barriers and facilitators of sports in children with physical disabilities: a mixed-method study

Barriers and facilitators of sports in children with physical disabilities: a mixed-method study

The impact of competition in physical activity and sport on the self-perception of individuals with physical disabilities

Entre ter uma deficiência e ser deficiente: um estudo sobre as identificações

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