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MULTIPLICITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN GERMAN ELITE ATHLETES WITH AND WITHOUT A DISABILITY

Astrid Kämpfe, Oliver Höner, Klaus Willimczik

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 7, 32-48 (2014) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2014.003  

While achievement motivation influences success in elite sports, the empirical knowledge on its manifoldaspects and its development is quite rudimentary, especially in disability sports. This study analyzesmotivation of athletes with a disability (N=73) as opposed to athletes without a disability (N=156). Wesurveyed these German elite athletes (N=229) in a 2x3 design retrospectively, regarding various facets ofachievement motivation during three career phases (initiation, development and mastery). Results showedthat enjoying the sport and improving one's personal performance level have great relevance for athleteswith a disability, whereas incentives...

PREDICTORS AND CORRELATES OF SELF-ESTEEM IN DEAF ATHLETES

Wakaki Uchida, Herbert Marsh, Kimio Hashimoto

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 8, 21-30 (2015) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2015.002  

The aims of this study were to examine the association between different aspects of self-esteem and level of sport competition and to assess the associations between self-esteem and age, length of participation in sport, and number of dramatic sport experiences in deaf athletes. One hundred and twelve congenitally deaf Japanese athletes completed the Self-Positiveness Scale (SPS) and the Inventory of Dramatic Experience for Sport (IDES). A correlational analysis demonstrated moderate to weak relationships between all of the SPS subscales except self-acceptance and public self-consciousness. One-way ANOVAs revealed that international athletes had fewer...

Pre-service teachers' self-efficacy towards children with disabilities: An Irish perspective

Daniel Tindall, Maeve Culhane, John T. Foley

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 9, 27-39 (2016) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2016.003  

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a 10-week adapted physical activity (APA) programme on the self-efficacy levels of pre-service teachers (PSTs) towards teaching children and young people with disabilities (ages 5 to 21) during a weekly 1-hour APA programme. Participants included 64 PSTs (ages 19-25) in their 3rd year of a physical education initial teacher education (PE-ITE) programme at a university within the Republic of Ireland. PSTs completed the Self-Efficacy Scale for Physical Education Teacher Education Majors toward Children with Disabilities (SE-PETE-D) questionnaire both before and after their participation in the APA...

Validity and Reliability Evidence of Smart Start in Preschoool-aged Children with/without a Developmental Delay and/or a Disability

Jaehun Jung, So-Yeun Kim, Lauriece L. Zittel, Marilyn A. Looney

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 10, 20-30 (2017) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2017.007  

The purpose of this study was to investigate validity and reliability evidence of Smart Start in male (n =35) and female (n = 25) children with/without a disability. Fundamental movement skills (FMS) of preschoolers (with a disability, n = 32; and without a disability, n = 28) aged between 37 to 64 months were examined using Smart Start and the Test of Gross Motor Development-Second Edition. The correlation between total scores of the two instruments was r = .89, p < .01. Across three raters, the average percentages of agreement, modified kappa coefficients, and intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) for intra-rater reliability using Smart Start...

SwingPingis ‒ An innovative and norm critical physical activity aid for everyone, everywhere

Lars Kristen, Mikael Ring

European Journal of Adapted Physical Activity 12, 11 (2019) | DOI: 10.5507/euj.2019.013  

Many children with disabilities face the risk of illness by being excluded from physical education. The purpose of this article is to investigate an open collaborative innovation that can contribute to more inclusive elements in physical education, resulting in a better quality of education for children and youths with a disability. The question asked here is whether performative, bodily, geographical, norm critical and collaborative aspects involved in the use of an innovative aid called Swing Table Tennis (SwingPingis), has any impact on teachers’ perception of inclusion and well-being for the children using the innovation. The methods used...