Leisure and health benefits among Korean adolescents with visual impairments

Kim, Junhyung; Park, Se-Hyuk

doi:10.1080/17482631.2018.1435097

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“…Increasing evidence supports the positive effects deriving from the participation in regular physical activity to achieve psychophysical health with an overall improvement of QoL [4]. In particular, regular physical activity is the mainstay of chronic disease prevention and health maintenance in both people with and those without disabilities, and clear evidence exists of its psychophysical benefits in visually impaired people [5–11]. Despite the importance of an active lifestyle, only a minority of the population is currently meeting the recommended levels of regular physical activity to achieve health and QoL benefits [12].…”

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Psychological well-being and quality of life in visually impaired baseball players: An Italian national survey

Mirandola

Monaci

Miccinesi³

et al. 2019

PLoS ONE

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Italian baseball played by visually impaired and blind athletes is an adapted team sport which maintains the peculiar fast-moving features of this popular sport. It is also a mixed team game played together with sighted subjects. Here, we performed a national survey aimed at assessing the differences in psychological well-being (PWB) and quality of life (QoL) between visually impaired baseball players from Italian teams and non-players using a structured online questionnaire. Forty-three visually impaired baseball players and thirty-four visually impaired sedentary individuals completed a structured self-report survey including the validated 18-item Italian versions of the PWB (PWB-18) scale and the Short Form-12 (SF-12) questionnaire to assess the QoL. PWB-18 and SF-12 reference data from the Italian normally sighted population were also employed for comparison with the visually impaired baseball player group. Visually impaired baseball players reported better scores in all dimensions of the PWB-18 scale and significant higher scores in both physical and mental QoL evaluated by SF-12 than the non-player group. In addition, PWB-18 scale findings revealed significant differences between visually impaired baseball players and the reference normally sighted population consisting in lower scores for autonomy, environmental mastery, positive relations with others and purpose in life dimensions. Conversely, the mean scores for PWB-18 personal growth and self-acceptance dimensions were not significantly different between the two groups. The SF-12 questionnaire results demonstrated a significantly higher physical score in visually impaired players compared with the reference population. Instead, the SF-12 mental score of visually impaired athletes tended to be lower, though this difference was not statistically significant. Collectively, our findings suggest that the practice of Italian baseball may have a positive impact on PWB and QoL of visually impaired individuals.

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Psychological well-being and quality of life in visually impaired baseball players: An Italian national survey

Mirandola

Monaci

Miccinesi³

et al. 2019

PLoS ONE

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“…Leisure time also plays an important role in the development of people's social and personal relationships (Iwasaki, 2017). When the results of the research conducted on the positive effects of leisure time activities on psychology are examined, it has been seen that motivation and needs are important for people to take action (Hayosh, 2017;Joseph & Southcott, 2019;Kim & Park, 2018;Merelas-Iglesias & Sánchez-Bello, 2019). Hence, the motivation obtained in leisure activities helps to determine the behavioral intentions of people (Iwasaki &Havitz, 2004).…”

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Investigation of basic psychological needs of leisure time of Faculty of Sport Sciences students in terms of some variables

Özmaden

OLCUCU

DOKUZOĞLU³

et al. 2022

HumanSciences

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Objective: In this study, the basic psychological needs of sports sciences students at leisure time were analyzed in terms of certain variables. The population of the study is the students from the faculty of sports sciences. Method: The questionnaire which was used to collect the related data in the study consists of two parts. The personal information form created by the researcher, and in the second section, Basic Psychological Needs Scale in Leisure Activity (BPNSLA), which was adapted into Turkish by Güneş (2019), developed by Vlachopoulos and Mchailidou (2006) was used. Statistical analysis was performed on the obtained data using the SPSS 25.0 package program. A Mann Whitney U test was applied for binary variables, and a Kruskal Wallis H test was conducted for more than two variables. The findings were statistically tested with significance level of p<0.05. Findings: The scores on the participants' Basic Psychological Needs Scale in Leisure Activity (BPNSLA) scala, show that they are generally high in scale totals and sub-dimensions. According to the analysis conducted between the participants' leisure time psychological needs and gender variable, there is statistically significant difference in the autonomy sub-dimension, in the average scale and all sub-dimensions at department variable, in the sub-dimension of association at the class variable, and in the average scale and all sub-dimensions at the leisure time evaluation variable (p<0.05). Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. Özet Amaç: Bu araştırmada spor bilimleri fakültesi öğrencilerinin serbest zaman temel psikolojik ihtiyaçları bazı değişkenler açısından incelenmiştir. Yöntem: Araştırmada ilgili verilerin toplanması için kullanılan anket iki bölümden oluşmuştur. Birinci bölümde araştırmacı tarafından oluşturulan kişisel bilgiler formu, ikinci bölümde Vlachopoulos ve Mchailidou (2006) tarafından geliştirilen Güneş (2019) tarafından Türkçeye uyarlaması yapılan Serbest Zaman Temel Psikolojik İhtiyaçlar Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPSS 25.0 paket programı kullanılarak istatistiksel analiz yapılmıştır. İkili değişkenler için Mann Whitney U testi, ikiden fazla değişkenler için Kruskal Wallis H testi yapılmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular istatistiksel olarak p<0,05 anlamlılık düzeyi ile test edilmiştir. Bulgular: Katılımcıların Serbest Zaman Temel Psikolojik İhtiyaçlar Ölçeği puanlarına baktığımızda ölçek toplamlarında ve alt boyutlarında genel olarak ölçek puanlarının yüksek olduğu görülmektedir. Katılımcıların serbest zaman psikolojik ihtiyaçları ile cinsiyet değişkeni arasında yapılan analiz sonucu özerklik alt boyutunda, bölüm değişkeninde ölçek ortalama ve tüm alt boyutlarında, sınıf değişkeninde ilişkili olma alt boyutunda ve boş zaman değerlendirme değişkeninde ölçek ortalama ve tüm alt boyutlarda istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık olduğu görülmektedir (p<0.05).

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“…A recent investigation also highlighted the influence of gender on physical activity and regular engagement of people with disability, detecting lower levels in the female component ( 12 , 13 ). Sport practice, recreational or competitive, offers an enjoyable and healthy psychophysical and socioemotional growth opportunity to visually impaired people while counteracting disability-related onset of physical and mental disorders ( 14 , 15 ). Although research addressing these topics is still scarce and almost no exercise guidelines tailored to this target are available, it has been demonstrated that regular physical activity practice plays a key role not only in the structuring of sensorimotor skills but also in the development of personality, autonomy, body awareness, and self-esteem.…”

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Female blind baseball players against gender discrimination: the “red diamonds” experience

Carretti,

Russo,

Manetti

et al. 2024

Front. Sports Act. Living

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BackgroundSport has the well-known power of improving body awareness, self-esteem, and social interaction, thus promoting quality of life and psychophysical wellbeing. Specifically referring to adapted disciplines, habitual practice often becomes an effective integration and self-efficacy booster. Among disabilities, visual impairment deeply alters body image perception, autonomy, and environmental/social interaction heavily reducing sport or leisure involvement opportunities. In particular, visually impaired women represent one of the most vulnerable categories to gender and disability discrimination. Moreover, even when congenitally sightless, they perceive social pressure of mainstream beauty ideals, mostly spread by media, comparable to their sighted peers. On these premises and the previously demonstrated psychophysical benefits of Italian blind baseball practice on this target population, the present study aimed to deepen the social and educative potentialities of such adapted sport applying a more sociological research approach.MethodsThe “red diamonds” event, namely, the first ever female blind baseball match, was the setting for the administration of our structured online survey. In detail, our survey comprised different evaluation tools such as the 18-item Psychological Well-Being Scale, the 12-item Short Form questionnaire, the Dresden Body Image questionnaire, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and sociological model designed questions. Quality of life, psychological wellbeing, self-esteem, body image, and perceived female sport psychological violence were investigated in the whole women sample (n = 33) voluntarily adhering to the game.ResultsSurvey results revealed no statistically significant differences between visually impaired players (n = 13; mean age: 32.84 ± 12.05 years) and sighted on-field subjects (i.e., coaches, assistants, and referees; n = 20; mean age: 47.15 ± 12.31 years) in almost all the inquired variables, thus remarking the social and functional benefits of adapted sport through the “dual embodiment” and empowerment phenomenon.ConclusionsGiven that the event was inspired by and performed on the World Day against women violence, our study deepened not only the topic of disability discrimination but also the currently alarming gender-related one. In such a context, the present research might provide interesting cues for further investigations on disability and gender disparities in sports, hence spreading interest in this under-investigated field. In perspective, the “red diamonds” experience could also contribute to inspiring and progressively developing educative tools against any kind of discrimination by promoting integration and social growth through regular sports practice.

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Leisure and health benefits among Korean adolescents with visual impairments

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

Psychological well-being and quality of life in visually impaired baseball players: An Italian national survey

Psychological well-being and quality of life in visually impaired baseball players: An Italian national survey

Investigation of basic psychological needs of leisure time of Faculty of Sport Sciences students in terms of some variables

Female blind baseball players against gender discrimination: the “red diamonds” experience

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