"It Shaped My Future in Ways I Wasn't Prepared for-in the Best Way Possible": Alumni Volunteers' Experiences in an Adapted Sports and Recreation Program.

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 REHABILITATION

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.1123/apaq.2022-0046

Meredith Wekesser, Guilherme H Costa, Piotr J Pasik, Karl Erickson

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Abstract

Adapted sport participation can have many positive benefits for adults with disabilities. However, one barrier to implementing successful adapted sport programs is lack of knowledgeable volunteers who understand accessibility and disability. In fact, little is known about volunteers' experiences in adapted sport programs. The purpose of this study was to retrospectively examine experiences of able-bodied volunteers in an adapted sport program. A sample of 105 able-bodied volunteers (Mage = 24.28 ± 1.93) completed an online qualitative survey to share their experiences. Data were analyzed using qualitative thematic analysis, and seven main themes were identified. Results showed that despite differences in initial motives for volunteering, involvement in an adapted sport program was transformative and, for some, life changing. Able-bodied volunteers experienced a wide range of benefits including deeper understanding and awareness of disability and inclusion in sport. Practical recommendations are provided for volunteer-based adapted sport program leaders.

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“它以我意想不到的方式塑造了我的未来——以最好的方式”:校友志愿者在一个改编的体育和娱乐项目中的经历。

参加适合的体育活动对成年残疾人有许多积极的好处。然而，成功实施适应性体育项目的一个障碍是缺乏了解无障碍和残疾的知识渊博的志愿者。事实上，人们对志愿者在适应体育项目中的经历知之甚少。本研究的目的是回顾性地检查身体健全的志愿者在适应运动项目中的经历。105名身体健全的志愿者(Mage = 24.28±1.93)完成了一项在线定性调查，分享他们的经历。数据分析采用定性专题分析，并确定了七个主要主题。结果表明，尽管志愿者最初的动机不同，但参与一个适应的体育项目是革命性的，对一些人来说，改变了生活。身体健全的志愿者获得了广泛的好处，包括对残疾有了更深的理解和认识，并融入了体育运动。为以志愿者为基础的适应体育项目领导人提供了实用的建议。

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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

10.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： APAQ is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted in order to enable and enhance performance and participation in people with disability. Physical activity implies fine, gross, functional, and interpretive movement including physical education, recreation, exercise, sport, and dance. The focus of adaptation may be the activity or task that is to be performed, environment and facilities, equipment, instructional methodology, and/or rules governing the performance setting. Among the populations considered are persons with motor, intellectual, sensory, and mental or other disabilities across the life span. Disciplines from which scholarship to this aim may originate include, but are not limited to, physical education, teacher preparation, human development, motor behavior and learning, biomechanics, exercise and sport physiology, and exercise and sport psychology. Scientific inquiry may originate from quantitative or qualitative inquiry, as well as from multimethod designs.