| Title: |
Young para-athletes display more hedonic well-being than people with disabilities not taking part in competitive sports: insights from a multi-country survey |
| Authors: |
Luca Puce, Carlo Biz, Mariachiara Cerchiaro, Davide Scapinello, Luca Giarrizzo, Carlo Trompetto, Lucio Marinelli, Khaled Trabelsi, Mohammad Hossein Samanipour, Nicola Luigi Bragazzi, Pietro Ruggieri |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 14 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2023. |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Psychology |
| Subject Terms: |
global well-being, hedonic well-being, sports-related well-being, disabled athletes, para-athletes, multi-country survey, Psychology, BF1-990 |
| More Details: |
Hedonic well-being relates to how individuals experience and rate their lives. People with disabilities due to their pathology may more frequently suffer from anxiety and depressive disorders than their able-bodied counterparts. Sports participation is an essential way to cope with disability. On the other hand, compared with their able-bodied peers, para-athletes undergo a unique series of stressors. Little is known in terms of hedonic well-being in this specific population. We present the results of a multi-country survey of self-perceived hedonic well-being by para-athletes of different sports disciplines and a control group (disabled individuals not playing competitive sports), using the “Psychological General Well-Being Index” (PGWBI). We included 1,208 participants, aged 17.39 years, 58.4% male, 41.6% female, and 70.3% para-athletes. Para-athletes exhibited higher well-being than disabled people, for all domains of the PGWBI scale. The nature of disability/impairment was significant, with those with acquired disability reporting lower well-being. Those taking part in wheelchair basketball, para-athletics, and para-swimming competitions had a higher likelihood of reporting well-being, whereas those engaged in wheelchair rugby exhibited lower well-being compared with controls. This large-scale investigation can enable a better understanding of the self-perceived hedonic well-being of disabled people. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1664-1078 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176595/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1176595 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/7663fa59f03840c0a70e91d7f44fdc71 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.7663fa59f03840c0a70e91d7f44fdc71 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
