An investigation of the sports participation motivation of students with orthopedic and hearing impairments
- Autores: Nazim Serkan Burgul, Hasan Bekirogullari, Omer Bozkurt, Huseyin Güneralp, Hasan Yavuz
- Localización: JETT, ISSN-e 1989-9572, Vol. 14, Vol. 2, 2023, págs. 464-472
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The study aims to investigate the levels of intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation and a motivation of the student athletes with orthopedic and hearing impairments towards sports participation. In the study, survey method, a qualitative research design was used. The data were collected about the sports participation motivation among the athletes, and the relation between the orthopedically handicapped and hearing-impaired athletes were assessed in terms of their demographical characteristics (age, gender, type of impairment). The participants were composed of a total number of 100 athletes –orthopedically handicapped (70) and hearing-impaired (30) –registered in the Northern Cyprus Sports Federation for Persons with Disabilities. Pursuant to the results of orthopedically handicapped and hearing-impaired athletes, there is no significant difference based on the variables of gender and type of disability whereas there are significant differences per the age group variable.
