The Mediating Effect of Disability Acceptance in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury Participating in Sport for All

Hyoyeon Ahn, Keunchul Lee and Youngho So
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Hyoyeon Ahn: Department of Physical Education, College of Education, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
Keunchul Lee: Department of Physical Education, College of Natural Science, Changwon National University, Changwon 51140, Korea
Youngho So: Department of Kinesiologic Medical Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 20, 1-11

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the importance of disability acceptance among individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) participating in the Sport for All program through self-help group activities with other individuals with SCI. This study investigated whether disability acceptance mediates the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction and between sense of belonging and life satisfaction. Subjects were 142 individuals with SCI participating in the self-help group with other sports activities including para table tennis, swimming, wheelchair rugby, and weight training. A simple mediation effect analysis showed that disability acceptance significantly mediated the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction (indirect effect, b = 0.219) and between the sense of belonging and life satisfaction (indirect effect, b = 0.289). The results suggest the importance of disability acceptance for individuals with SCI participating in “Sports for All” programs.

Keywords: spinal cord injury; disability acceptance; belongingness; self-efficacy; life satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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