Self-acceptance and school physical education: narratives of adolescents with visual disabilities

• Autor(a) principal: Dantas, Marcela da Silva Vieira
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Quintanilha, Augusta Karla Silva, Morgado, Fabiane Frota da Rocha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: EDUCAÇÃO: Teoria e Prática
• Texto Completo: https://www.periodicos.rc.biblioteca.unesp.br/index.php/educacao/article/view/17002
• topic: Imagem Corporal. Autoaceitação. Educação Física. Jovens.; Body Image. Self-acceptance. Physical Education. Young People.; Imagen Corporal. Autoaceptación. Educación Física. Jóvenes.

This study aimed to investigate perceptions about attitudes related to self-acceptance of adolescents with visual impairment, with special attention to the context of Physical Education classes. Sixteen adolescents with visual impairment, of both genders, with a mean age of 17.31 years (standard deviation [SD] = 2.06) participated in this research. Participants were selected from schools in Rio de Janeiro, Ceará, Paraná, São Paulo, Santa Catarina and Paraíba. Data collection was performed with semi-structured online interviews. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analyzed using the content analysis technique. Three categories emerged and were discussed: (1) self-acceptance it was identified that the acceptance of disability is an important aspect related to the construct; (2) school environment and self-acceptance – situations such as bullying were evidenced, which are related to visual impairment; (3) school Physical Education and self-acceptance – self-acceptance is not an attitude commonly addressed in classes. The approach to self-acceptance in the school environment, especially in Physical Education classes, is essential for the integrated development of the body identity of visually impaired adolescents.