The influence of sports on paralympic athletes’ personal development

One of the most effective ways of integrating people with disabilities into society and ensuring their comprehensive personal development is to engage people with disabilities into Paralympic Games. Such engagement creates the necessary conditions to socialize people with disabilities, to adapt the...

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Main Authors: Oleg M. Kokun, Ingrida Baranauskienė, Oleksandr M. Shamych
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2018-06-01
Series:Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/social-welfare/article/view/28291
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Ingrida Baranauskienė
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description One of the most effective ways of integrating people with disabilities into society and ensuring their comprehensive personal development is to engage people with disabilities into Paralympic Games. Such engagement creates the necessary conditions to socialize people with disabilities, to adapt their physical and mental states to existing living conditions, to ease negative manifestations of their psycho-emotional states, to promote their self-realization. The article presents the results of the research determining the impact of sports on Paralympic athletes’ personal development. The comparison of the indicators of psychological well-being and hardiness of Paralympic athletes with normative values, the indicators shown by students without disabilities and students with disabilities has confirmed proven clear positive influence of sports on Paralympic athletes’ personal development. In particular, Paralympic athletes achieve an optimal level of psychological well-being and a significant increase in all psychological hardiness components.
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spelling doaj-art-53826eee65764be7bb55d6ef6e01aefb2025-08-20T03:09:25ZengVilnius University PressSocial Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach2424-38762018-06-018110.21277/sw.v1i8.359The influence of sports on paralympic athletes’ personal developmentOleg M. Kokun0Ingrida Baranauskienė1Oleksandr M. Shamych2Kostiuk Institute of Psychology NAES of Ukraine, UkraineKlaipėda University, LithuaniaOpen International University of Human Development “Ukraine” One of the most effective ways of integrating people with disabilities into society and ensuring their comprehensive personal development is to engage people with disabilities into Paralympic Games. Such engagement creates the necessary conditions to socialize people with disabilities, to adapt their physical and mental states to existing living conditions, to ease negative manifestations of their psycho-emotional states, to promote their self-realization. The article presents the results of the research determining the impact of sports on Paralympic athletes’ personal development. The comparison of the indicators of psychological well-being and hardiness of Paralympic athletes with normative values, the indicators shown by students without disabilities and students with disabilities has confirmed proven clear positive influence of sports on Paralympic athletes’ personal development. In particular, Paralympic athletes achieve an optimal level of psychological well-being and a significant increase in all psychological hardiness components. https://www.journals.vu.lt/social-welfare/article/view/28291Paralympic sportspeople with disabilitiesself-realizationpsychological factors of sports achievements
spellingShingle Oleg M. Kokun
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Oleksandr M. Shamych
The influence of sports on paralympic athletes’ personal development
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Paralympic sports
people with disabilities
self-realization
psychological factors of sports achievements
title The influence of sports on paralympic athletes’ personal development
title_full The influence of sports on paralympic athletes’ personal development
title_fullStr The influence of sports on paralympic athletes’ personal development
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title_short The influence of sports on paralympic athletes’ personal development
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topic Paralympic sports
people with disabilities
self-realization
psychological factors of sports achievements
url https://www.journals.vu.lt/social-welfare/article/view/28291
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