Using Wheelchair Sports to Complement Disability Awareness Curriculum Among College Students

Lundberg, Neil R.; Zabriskie, Ramon B.; Smith, Kevin M.; Barney, Keith W.

doi:10.1080/1937156x.2008.11949610

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“…Spencer-Cavaliere and Peers (2011) and her colleague highlighted three outcomes of reverse integration related to wheelchair basketball in which there was an apparent change among the sport participants: better overall health, a sense of belonging to a team, and the process of mastering a new athletic skill. Lundberg et al (2008) examined the effects of a campus-wide intramural wheelchair sports program, that included students without disabilities, on participants’ attitudes toward people with disabilities. After participation in the program, students without disabilities showed a decrease in discomfort in their interactions with people with disabilities.…”

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“…Participation of individuals with and without disabilities, together, in disability sport programs has received some attention in the literature (Lundberg et al, 2008; Medland, & Ellis-Hill, 2008; Spencer-Cavaliere & Peers, 2011). This technique, known as reverse integration, refers to the involvement of players with and without a disability in an adapted or disability sport (Brasile, 1992) such as collegiate goalball.…”

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“You Think Differently After Playing This Sport”: Experiences of Collegiate Goalball Players

MacDonald

Bryan

Lieberman

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Recreational Sports Journal

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The inclusion of athletes with and without disabilities in disability sport, known as reverse integration, has received limited attention in the literature. The purpose of this study was to understand players’ experiences in collegiate goalball. One-on-one semistructured interviews were conducted with two males (one with visual impairment, one without impairment) and four females (one with visual impairment, three without impairment) who participated in collegiate goalball programs. Interpretative thematic analysis helped uncover the meaning in participants’ goalball experiences. Reverse integration was used as a conceptual framework to guide the interpretation of participant experiences. Four main themes were extracted from the data: (a) the disability advantage, (b) the building of team cohesion, (c) the disappearing disability, and (d) enjoyment and pride. Participation in collegiate goalball allowed students to see disability as an asset and question assumptions regarding teammates’ abilities. This study highlights the potential value of providing opportunities for people with and without a disability to participate in sport together.

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“You Think Differently After Playing This Sport”: Experiences of Collegiate Goalball Players

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Bryan

Lieberman

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Recreational Sports Journal

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“…primary and secondary school settings, inclusion literature has expanded to include collegiate lifetime fitness, sport, and recreation contexts (Gillespie, 2002;Grayson & Marini, 1996;Lundberg, Zabriskie, Smith, & Barney, 2008;Miller, Schleien, & Bowens, 2010;Modell, 2007;Schleien, Miller, & Shea, 2009). Examining inclusion in collegiate recreation settings may be a natural extension from work in primary and secondary school environments, as professional practices designed to facilitate inclusive recreation have come to the forefront in recent years (Johnson, Martinez, Poole, & Brown, 2018;Young, Ramos, York, & Fletcher, 2016).…”

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“…Attitude is considered one of the keys to changing behaviors toward people who are different, which is essential to inclusive lifetime fitness and sport activities. The existing research focusing on inclusion in college settings has used a variety of instruments to examine participants' attitudes toward persons with disabilities, including the Interaction with Disabled Persons Scale (Lundberg et al, 2008), the Attitude Toward Disabled Persons Scale (Kisabeth & Richardson, 1985), and modified version of the Attitudes Toward Integrated Sports Inventory (ATISI; Gillespie, 2002). While these instruments may be considered suitable, they do not specifically address attitudes toward inclusive campus recreation, nor do they address a broad range of campus recreation opportunities.…”

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An Analysis of the Structure, Validity, and Reliability of the Collegian Attitudes Toward Inclusive Campus Recreation (CAICR) Scale

McKay

Park

Haegele

2019

Recreational Sports Journal

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The purpose of this study was to test the construct validity and internal consistency of the Collegian Attitudes toward Inclusive Campus Recreation (CAICR) Scale, a collegiate adaptation of the Children’s Attitudes toward Integrated Physical Education–Revised Scale. The CAICR seeks to measure attitudes toward inclusive lifetime fitness, sport, and recreation at the collegiate level. Participants were 192 college students. The factor structure of the scale was investigated using a confirmatory factor analysis with the weighted least square estimator. The CAICR Scale demonstrated acceptable internal consistency levels for the complete scale (11 items), inclusion subscale (6 items), and sport modification subscale (5 items). Results suggest that the 2-factor model (indicating inclusion and sport modification) showed suitable model fit, and the model outperformed a single-factor solution. Current findings suggest that the CAICR has the ability to contribute to sociocultural attitude research at the collegiate level in a valid and reliable manner.

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“…These researchers highlighted three areas in which there was an apparent change among the sport participants: better overall health, a sense of belonging to a team, and the process of mastering a new athletic skill. Lundberg, Zabriskie, Smith, and Barney (2008) examined the effects of a campuswide intramural wheelchair sports program that included students without disabilities on participants' attitudes toward people with disabilities. The sample consisted of 126 participants.…”

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Reverse Integration in Wheelchair Basketball

Hutzler

Barda

Mintz

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Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular sport activities among persons with disabilities. The current study focuses on "reverse integration" (RI) groups of athletes with and without disabilities playing wheelchair basketball in Israel. A qualitative analysis approach was chosen to examine whether the able-bodied participants in RI wheelchair basketball training and competition identify their participation as a "serious leisure" (SL) activity, and to determine which additional insights could be gained about this activity from participants' perspectives. Eight male able-bodied participants, who have taken part in three Israeli wheelchair basketball leagues (divisions), were interviewed. All eight participants in this study played longer than a year. The findings revealed support for the SL premise within all six SL criteria. Participation of our informants was categorized within the establishment and maintenance phases. All participants reported sustained perseverance in spite of having to deal with significant challenges, including the physical strain and mental difficulties associated with the game, coping with dual roles of participation as player and coach, and finally, having to face the same economical and social barriers typically reported by athletes with disability.

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Using Wheelchair Sports to Complement Disability Awareness Curriculum Among College Students

Cited by 13 publications

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“You Think Differently After Playing This Sport”: Experiences of Collegiate Goalball Players

“You Think Differently After Playing This Sport”: Experiences of Collegiate Goalball Players

An Analysis of the Structure, Validity, and Reliability of the Collegian Attitudes Toward Inclusive Campus Recreation (CAICR) Scale

Reverse Integration in Wheelchair Basketball

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