Out‐of‐school time activity participation profiles of children with physical disabilities: a cluster analysis

Abstract

The findings support an affective and contextual view of participation, indicating the importance of motivational theory and a person-environment approach in understanding the complexity of children's out-of-school activity participation.

Fitness, Fun and Friends through Participation in Preferred Physical Activities: Achievable for Children with Disabilities?

“…During the last four months before the interviews, the children had on average participated in four of the 13 activities in the physical activity category and in two of the 10 activities in the skill-based category. Compared with other studies, the present children participated somewhat more in physical activities, although their participation in skill-based activities was in line with other studies (Bult et al, 2010;Imms et al, 2008;King et al, 2010;Law et al, 2006). Participation frequency showed a mean score of 1.27 for the physical activities and 1.0 for skill-based activities in the present study.…”

“…Studies show that gender influences the participation profile regarding the diversity of activities (Bult et al, 2011;Engel-Yeger, Jarus, Anaby, & Law, 2009;Imms et al, 2008;King et al, 2007King et al, , 2010Law et al, 2006). In the present study, boys participated somewhat more in physical activities, whereas girls participated more in skill-based activities.…”

“…also found lower participation frequency with higher age. However, age has a different impact, with different profiles and development in different activity categories (King et al, 2010). Imms (2008) confirms this in her review on participation in leisure activities in children with CP, as do King et al (2009) in their systematic review of the determinants of participation in leisure activities.…”

“…This difference is in line with previous research on children without disabilities that found that boys 9 and 15 years old are more physically active than female peers (Kolle et al, 2009). There were also gender differences in the participation profiles of the Dutch study by Bult et al (2010) and the Canadian study by King et al (2010), with boys having the highest scores for physical activities and girls having the highest scores for skill-based activities. The total participation frequency score, however, was somewhat higher in the present study compared with other studies (Bult, et al, 2010;Imms et al, 2008;King et al, 2009King et al, , 2010.…”

“…According to King et al (2010), nearly all boys without disabilities ride bicycles (92,2-98,3 %), especially from 12 to 14 years (98,3 %), versus 56,5 % of boys with disabilities. There are no other comparable studies related to this informal activity.…”